276 Quotes by Barbara W. Tuchman

Everything interested him and everything excited him.

The love of humanity does not prevent us from being good journalists.

Irritability was an occupational disease. Intolerant and intolerable belong in the same category.

A great imperative imparts a wonderful impulse to the spirit.

His only weakness was the habit of prophesying war within the next fortnight. George Bernard Shaw

Policy was not reconsidered because the governing group had no habit of purposeful consultation.

Officers succumbed to the spirit of conspirators.

In individuals as in nations, contentment is silent, which tends to unbalance the historical record.

He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense.