The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard. – Barbara Tuchman
Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. – Barbara Tuchman
The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. – Barbara Tuchman
Its fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth – in other words we can only afford to have one or two children because we dont earn enough. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits. – Iain Duncan Smith