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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

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  24. How much does a man’s effort depend upon the age in which his work is cast? Pope Clement VII – Barbara W Tuchman
  25. No single characteristic ever overtakes an entire society. – Barbara W Tuchman
  26. Prison does not silence ideas whose time has come. – Barbara W Tuchman
  27. Malignant phenomena do not come out of a golden age. – Barbara W Tuchman
  28. The tribal pull of patriotism could have no better testimony. – Barbara W Tuchman
  29. All this visible greatness was really one with Nineveh and Tyre. – Barbara W Tuchman
  30. Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government. – Barbara W Tuchman
  31. Disorder is the least tolerable up sinful conditions. – Barbara W Tuchman
  32. Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government? – Barbara W Tuchman
  33. Irritability was an occupational disease. Intolerant and intolerable belong in the same category. – Barbara W Tuchman
  34. Even the respectable have a small anarchist hidden on the inside. – Barbara W Tuchman
  35. Humanizing war?! You may as well talk of humanizing Hell. Sir John Fisher – Barbara W Tuchman
  36. He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense. – Barbara W Tuchman
  37. England’s traditional tolerance was outraged at last. – Barbara W Tuchman
  38. The greatness of the object enabled my mind to support what my strengths of body was scarce equal to. – Barbara W Tuchman
  39. The affair made men feel larger than life. – Barbara W Tuchman
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