The appetite for power is old and irrepressible in humankind, and in its action almost always destructive.
Barbara TuchmanRussians, in the knowledge of inexhaustible supplies of manpower, are accustomed to accepting gigantic fatalities with comparative calm.
Barbara TuchmanFor me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.
Barbara Tuchman