We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.
A. J. P. TaylorA racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
A. J. P. TaylorLike most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
A. J. P. TaylorThe great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
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