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Reasonable orders are easy enough to obey; it is capricious, bureaucratic or plain idiotic demands that form the habit of discipline.

~Barbara Tuchman

Topics: Bureaucratic Demands Discipline Easy Enough Form Habit Idiotic Obey Orders Plain Reasonable

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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

Topics: Alliance Appeasement Balances Devices Diplomacy Fascism Influence Means Old Old World Period Power Secret Spheres Treaties Triple Wicked World

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To put away one's own original thoughts in order to take up a book is a sin against the Holy Ghost.

~Barbara Tuchman

Topics: Against Away Book Ghost Holy Holy Ghost Order Original Own Put Sin Take Thoughts Up

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Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

~Barbara Tuchman

Topics: Every Puts Revolution Successful Time Tyrant

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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

Topics: British Come Decision Distressing Ever Face Fast Government Hard Moment More Requires Specific Than Which

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Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.

~Barbara Tuchman

Topics: Battles Dead Generals Grip Hold Like Military Mind

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: January 30th, 1912

Died: February 6th, 1989

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