61 Quotes by A. J. P. Taylor

In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer – the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

The male clerk with his quill pen and copper-plate handwriting had gone for good. The female short-hand typist took his place. It was a decisive moment in women’s emancipation.

A racing tipster who only reached Hitler’s level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.

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.

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

Nothing is inevitable until it happens.

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.