History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.

In 1917 European history, in the old sense, came to an end. World history began. It was the year of Lenin and Woodrow Wilson, both of whom repudiated the traditional standards of political behaviour. Both preached Utopia, Heaven on Earth. It was the moment of birth for our contemporary world.

Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.

If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they went round crying for a hero.

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting.