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Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: They resented the patronage they depended upon. They resented the patronage they depended upon.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The fact-finding mission was now the traditional Washington substitute for policy. The fact-finding mission was now the traditional Washington substitute for policy.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: War is the unfolding of miscalculations. War is the unfolding of miscalculations.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done. A minister's (cabinet member's) function was not to DO the work but to see that it got done.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Policy was not reconsidered because the governing group had no habit of purposeful consultation. Policy was not reconsidered because the governing group had no habit of purposeful consultation.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Only the Church offered an organizing principle, which was the reason for its success, for society cannot bear anarchy. Only the Church offered an organizing principle, which was the reason for its success, for society cannot bear anarchy.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The limitation prompting folly was an attitude of superiority so dense as to be impenetrable. The limitation prompting folly was an attitude of superiority so dense as to be impenetrable.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster? What other country has had the privilege of making the world's heart beat faster?
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: were being ravaged by her brother. In their agreement Amadeus were being ravaged by her brother. In their agreement Amadeus
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Henry Adams, like most people, saw society in his own image. Henry Adams, like most people, saw society in his own image.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Have we," he wondered, "conceived a merely human project and then imagined it to be a decree of the Almighty? Have we," he wondered, "conceived a merely human project and then imagined it to be a decree of the Almighty?
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Every incident in the Old Testament was considered to pre-figure in allegory what was to come in the New. Every incident in the Old Testament was considered to pre-figure in allegory what was to come in the New.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Everything one has a right to do is not best to be done. Benjamin Franklin Everything one has a right to do is not best to be done. Benjamin Franklin
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: [Books} are the bankers of the treasures of the mind. [Books} are the bankers of the treasures of the mind.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The boy would learn to ride, to fight, and to hawk, the three chief physical elements of noble life, The boy would learn to ride, to fight, and to hawk, the three chief physical elements of noble life,
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Enormity of the stakes became the new self-hypnosis. Enormity of the stakes became the new self-hypnosis.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: House speaker Thomas read could see the trend, but he could not have changed himself. House speaker Thomas read could see the trend, but he could not have changed himself.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Connection was the cement of the governing class. Connection was the cement of the governing class.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Inventive rhetoric is characteristic of true believers. Inventive rhetoric is characteristic of true believers.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself. Raising money to pay the cost of war was to cause more damage to 14th century society than the physical destruction of war itself.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: His one essay in love had exhausted his powers in that direction. His one essay in love had exhausted his powers in that direction.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The English patrician bloomed in his natural climate. The English patrician bloomed in his natural climate.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Smite a villein and he will bless you; bless a villein and he will smite you. Smite a villein and he will bless you; bless a villein and he will smite you.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Puritanism, he said, was a reaction to the loss of moral fiber that accompanied the Renaissance. Puritanism, he said, was a reaction to the loss of moral fiber that accompanied the Renaissance.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The textile industry was the automobile industry of the Middle Ages, The textile industry was the automobile industry of the Middle Ages,
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: the Archimedean point where the lever can be applied." At the Archimedean point where the lever can be applied." At
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Oversimplified perhaps, this in essence is the problem known to nineteenth-century diplomacy as the Eastern Question. Oversimplified perhaps, this in essence is the problem known to nineteenth-century diplomacy as the Eastern Question.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Because life was collective, it was intensely sociable and dependent on etiquette, hence the emphasis on courteous conduct and clean fingernails. Because life was collective, it was intensely sociable and dependent on etiquette, hence the emphasis on courteous conduct and clean fingernails.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Of England's patrician class, the author writes: It was easy to be agreeable when everything was done to keep them in comfort and ease. Of England's patrician class, the author writes: It was easy to be agreeable when everything was done to keep them in comfort and ease.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition. Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Devout or not, all owned and carried Books of Hours, the characteristic fashionable religious possession of the 14th century noble. Devout or not, all owned and carried Books of Hours, the characteristic fashionable religious possession of the 14th century noble.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Inevitably, as hatred of monarchy was added to hatred of episcopacy, they were led to republicanism. Inevitably, as hatred of monarchy was added to hatred of episcopacy, they were led to republicanism.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The symbolism of the Garter, a circlet to bind the Knight-Companions mutually, and all of them jointly to the King as head of the Order. The symbolism of the Garter, a circlet to bind the Knight-Companions mutually, and all of them jointly to the King as head of the Order.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The reality of a question is inevitably more complicated than we would like to suppose. The reality of a question is inevitably more complicated than we would like to suppose.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The love of humanity does not prevent us from being good journalists. The love of humanity does not prevent us from being good journalists.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Depression and despair accompanied the physical symptoms, and before the end death is seen seated on the face. Depression and despair accompanied the physical symptoms, and before the end death is seen seated on the face.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Had I known that these legs were to carry a Lord Chancellor, I would have taken better care of them when I was a lad. Duke of Grafton Had I known that these legs were to carry a Lord Chancellor, I would have taken better care of them when I was a lad. Duke of Grafton
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: It is necessary to salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman pontiff. It is necessary to salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman pontiff.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: the Regents' dislike of the social "leveling" they sensed in the Revolution was stronger. the Regents' dislike of the social "leveling" they sensed in the Revolution was stronger.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention. The writer's object is - or should be - to hold the reader's attention.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: But to "settle" the Eastern Question was beyond even Disraeli's power - beyond, it seems, any human power, for it still haunts the world today. But to "settle" the Eastern Question was beyond even Disraeli's power - beyond, it seems, any human power, for it still haunts the world today.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: When a pope's election could not be explained rationally, it was attributed to the Holy Ghost. When a pope's election could not be explained rationally, it was attributed to the Holy Ghost.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Between the happening of a historical process and its recognition by rulers, a lag stretches, full of pitfalls. Between the happening of a historical process and its recognition by rulers, a lag stretches, full of pitfalls.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The castle's predecessor, the Roman villa, had been unfortified, depending on Roman law and the Roman legions for its ramparts. The castle's predecessor, the Roman villa, had been unfortified, depending on Roman law and the Roman legions for its ramparts.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The symptoms of depression, despair or melancholy, and lethargy were considered by the Church the sin of accidia or sloth. The symptoms of depression, despair or melancholy, and lethargy were considered by the Church the sin of accidia or sloth.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: No one is so sure of his premises as the man who knows too little. No one is so sure of his premises as the man who knows too little.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Our misconception in viewing the past lies in assuming that doubt and fear, permit, protests, violence and hate were not equally present. Our misconception in viewing the past lies in assuming that doubt and fear, permit, protests, violence and hate were not equally present.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: For a knight to ride in a carriage was against the principles of chivalry and he never under any circumstances rode a mare. For a knight to ride in a carriage was against the principles of chivalry and he never under any circumstances rode a mare.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: He wanted AFFIRMATION rather than INFORMATION. He wanted AFFIRMATION rather than INFORMATION.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Each day he grew older and learned something new." Strong Each day he grew older and learned something new." Strong
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: (Present-day anthropologists defend the thesis that the American Indians were in fact originally Mongolians who crossed over by the Bering Strait.) (Present-day anthropologists defend the thesis that the American Indians were in fact originally Mongolians who crossed over by the Bering Strait.)
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: All this visible greatness was really one with Nineveh and Tyre. All this visible greatness was really one with Nineveh and Tyre.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Something in me broke and I was never the same thereafter. Something in me broke and I was never the same thereafter.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Had all the world been a school and Wilson its principal, he would have been the greatest statesman in history. Had all the world been a school and Wilson its principal, he would have been the greatest statesman in history.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: By such accident of the human mind, war, trade, and history are shaped. The By such accident of the human mind, war, trade, and history are shaped. The
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: As there would be no more inheritance, there would be no more greed. Peter Kropotkin As there would be no more inheritance, there would be no more greed. Peter Kropotkin
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than sex. Vainglory, however, no matter how much medieval Christianity insisted it was a sin, is a motor of mankind, no more eradicable than sex.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Fireflies were the souls of unbaptized dead infants. Fireflies were the souls of unbaptized dead infants.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: He had become, through a combination of heritage and character, a keeper of the national conscience. He had become, through a combination of heritage and character, a keeper of the national conscience.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Everything took on the color of blood. Everything took on the color of blood.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: If he had a little more brains he would be a half-wit. If he had a little more brains he would be a half-wit.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The Republic cured me of the Republic. The Republic cured me of the Republic.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Every repetition of the choice only hardened the issue. Every repetition of the choice only hardened the issue.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Impunity in such affairs was no longer a matter of course, for the King was Louis IX, a sovereign whose sense of rulership was equal to his piety. Impunity in such affairs was no longer a matter of course, for the King was Louis IX, a sovereign whose sense of rulership was equal to his piety.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: reproaches himself for recoiling from the stench of the poor and the sick, reproaches himself for recoiling from the stench of the poor and the sick,
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: In the midst of war and crisis nothing is as clear or as certain as it appears in hindsight In the midst of war and crisis nothing is as clear or as certain as it appears in hindsight
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: When those who have the title of shepherd play the part of wolves," said Lothar of Saxony, "heresy grows in the garden of the Church. When those who have the title of shepherd play the part of wolves," said Lothar of Saxony, "heresy grows in the garden of the Church.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Washington's incessant need for NEW assessments testifies to uncertainty in the capital. Washington's incessant need for NEW assessments testifies to uncertainty in the capital.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: [T]he obverse of facile emotion in the 14th century was a general insensitivity to the spectacle of pain and death. [T]he obverse of facile emotion in the 14th century was a general insensitivity to the spectacle of pain and death.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Though surnamed the Wise, he was not immune from the occupational disease of rulers: overestimation of their capacity to control events. No Though surnamed the Wise, he was not immune from the occupational disease of rulers: overestimation of their capacity to control events. No
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: He had been present in their minds not as a man but as an idea. He had been present in their minds not as a man but as an idea.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Pessimism is a primary source of passivity, Pessimism is a primary source of passivity,
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The tribal pull of patriotism could have no better testimony. The tribal pull of patriotism could have no better testimony.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman. The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Proper society did not think about MAKING money, only about spending it. Proper society did not think about MAKING money, only about spending it.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Mankind's tragedy is that he can draw up blueprints for a better life but he cannot live up to them. Mankind's tragedy is that he can draw up blueprints for a better life but he cannot live up to them.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: No single characteristic ever overtakes an entire society. No single characteristic ever overtakes an entire society.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Liberality in gifts and expenditure which, since his followers lived off it, was extolled as the most admired attribute of a noble. Liberality in gifts and expenditure which, since his followers lived off it, was extolled as the most admired attribute of a noble.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: These cumbersome vehicles were as convenient as if dinosaurs had survived to be used by cowboys for driving cattle These cumbersome vehicles were as convenient as if dinosaurs had survived to be used by cowboys for driving cattle
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: One English nobleman and statesman read and reread a particular work of literature because it was the only book which allowed him to forget politics. One English nobleman and statesman read and reread a particular work of literature because it was the only book which allowed him to forget politics.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Nevertheless, Schlieffen decided, in the event of war, to attack France by way of Belgium. Nevertheless, Schlieffen decided, in the event of war, to attack France by way of Belgium.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: He was always the bridge, between men as well as between ideas. He was always the bridge, between men as well as between ideas.
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Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: It is clearer now that no anti-Semitic government in any country has ever helped its scapegoats to leave by any other door than death. It is clearer now that no anti-Semitic government in any country has ever helped its scapegoats to leave by any other door than death.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: He believed interim reforms were necessary in order to fix the worker for his destiny. He believed interim reforms were necessary in order to fix the worker for his destiny.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Was compared by Dante to both a slave and a brothel. Was compared by Dante to both a slave and a brothel.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Civilians who volunteer generally wish to escape, not to share, privatizations worse than their own. Civilians who volunteer generally wish to escape, not to share, privatizations worse than their own.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Duty was not untinged by ambition. Duty was not untinged by ambition.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: In the case of a Gascon seigneur of the 14th century who left 100 livres to those whom I deflowered, if they can be found. In the case of a Gascon seigneur of the 14th century who left 100 livres to those whom I deflowered, if they can be found.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government. Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Europe was a heap of swords piled as delicately as jackstraws; one could not be pulled out without moving the others. Under Europe was a heap of swords piled as delicately as jackstraws; one could not be pulled out without moving the others. Under
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end. I want the reader to turn the page and keep on turning until the end.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within. He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Preconceived, fixed notions can be more damaging than cannon. Preconceived, fixed notions can be more damaging than cannon.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: England's traditional tolerance was outraged at last. England's traditional tolerance was outraged at last.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: How much does a man's effort depend upon the age in which his work is cast? Pope Clement VII How much does a man's effort depend upon the age in which his work is cast? Pope Clement VII
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Each one of us is serious individually, but together we become frivolous. Each one of us is serious individually, but together we become frivolous.
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government? Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government?
Barbara W. Tuchman quotes: The Empire had no political cohesion, no capital city, no common laws, common finances, or common officials. It was the relic of a dead ideal. The Empire had no political cohesion, no capital city, no common laws, common finances, or common officials. It was the relic of a dead ideal.

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