Barbara W. Tuchman : (3)

" Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed. " - Barbara W. 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 W. Tuchman

" To put away one’s own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost. " - Barbara W. Tuchman