Human beings of any age need to approve of themselves; the bad times in history come when they cannot.
Barbara TuchmanFor belligerent purposes, the 14th century, like the 20th, commanded a technology more sophisticated than the mental and moral capacity that guided its use.
Barbara TuchmanStrong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.
Barbara Tuchman