Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

"He had become, through a combination of heritage and character, a keeper of the national conscience."
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"He had become, through a combination of heritage and character, a keeper of the national conscience."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"Society's revenge matched its fright."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"The Englishman, as an American observed, felt himself the best-governed citizen in the world, even when in opposition he believed the incumbents were ruining the country."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"Proper society did not think about MAKING money, only about spending it."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"As there would be no more inheritance, there would be no more greed. Peter Kropotkin"
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"Talent for oratory can simulate the need for action and even thought."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"He was always the bridge, between men as well as between ideas."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"Each one of us is serious individually, but together we become frivolous."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"He seemed less in need of a secretary than of someone to listen to him."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"The love of humanity does not prevent us from being good journalists."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"He believed interim reforms were necessary in order to fix the worker for his destiny."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"Advice to young Samuel Gompers that might apply in many other areas: "Learn from socialism, but don't join it."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"The affair made men feel larger than life."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"He believed that rank without power was a sham."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"His one essay in love had exhausted his powers in that direction."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"England's traditional tolerance was outraged at last."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"He accomplished wonders of diplomacy on the principle, never give way, and never give offense."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"His only weakness was the habit of prophesying war within the next fortnight. George Bernard Shaw"
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"Chronicling future appeasing Prime Minister Joseph Chamberlain's rise to Parliament from first-generation commercial interests rather than the aristocracy, the author diagnoses even then that he had no center outside himself."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
"In proportion that property is small, the danger of misusing the franchisee is great."
Barbara W. Tuchman, The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
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