Quote by Barbara Tuchman
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman

Other quotes by Barbara Tuchman

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. – Barbara Tuchman

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Diplomacy
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No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. – Barbara Tuchman

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Government
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History
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We cant understand when were pregnant, or when our siblings are expecting, how profound it is to have a shared history with a younger generation: blood, genes, humor. It means we were actually here, on Earth, for a time – like the Egyptians with their pyramids, only with children. – Anne Lamott

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History

I can see clearly now… that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate. – Richard M. Nixon

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History

History is never above the melee. It is not allowed to be neutral, but forced to enlist in every army. – Allan Nevins, The Gateway to History

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History

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. – Jean Genet

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History

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I mean, I love L.A. – I love living here. But I wish that we could make things without the need to hit a home run every single time. Its a unique thing to Hollywood that if you dont do that every time, then youre considered a failure. – Kristen Stewart

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Most Americans are very cool people. – Henry Rollins

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cool

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations. – Maya Angelou

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Custom is a tyrant. – Proverb

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