There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling.

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

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.

When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.

There is nothing nicer than nodding off while reading. Going fast asleep and then being woken by the crash of the book on the floor, then saying to yourself, well it doesn't matter much. An admirable feeling.

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

All other forms of history - economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology - seem to me history with the history left out.