Confronted by menace, or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely to examine it, understand it, define it.
Barbara TuchmanTo be a bestseller is not necessarily a measure of quality, but it is a measure of communication.
Barbara TuchmanThe muffled tongue of Big Ben tolled nine by the clock as the cortege left the palace, but on history's clock it was sunset, and the sun of the old world was setting in a dying blaze of splendor never to be seen again.
Barbara Tuchman