“ The succession multiplied the harm. Each passed on his conception of the papacy unchanged. Barbara W. Tuchman
“ 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
“ The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke Barbara W. Tuchman
“ Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government? Barbara W. Tuchman
“ The author says one patrician English leader saw his relationship with the populace thusly: He wasn't responsible TO them. He was responsible FOR them. He was responsible for their care. Barbara W. Tuchman
“ His only weakness was the habit of prophesying war within the next fortnight. George Bernard Shaw Barbara W. Tuchman
“ Civilians who volunteer generally wish to escape, not to share, privatizations worse than their own. Barbara W. Tuchman
“ How much does a man's effort depend upon the age in which his work is cast? Pope Clement VII Barbara W. Tuchman
“ He was always acting, always enveloping himself in artificiality, perhaps to conceal the volcano within. Barbara W. Tuchman
“ Advice to young Samuel Gompers that might apply in many other areas: Learn from socialism, but don't join it. Barbara W. Tuchman
