Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.
A. J. P. TaylorIf there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
A. J. P. TaylorIf 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.
A. J. P. TaylorIn my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.
A. J. P. TaylorIn 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.
A. J. P. Taylor