“No one is is sure of his premise as the man who knows too little.”
Source: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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Famous Barbara W. Tuchman Quotes
“If they are afraid of revision in the laboratory, truth will never be released except by accident.”
Source: The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
Source: The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914
“Awful momentum makes carrying through easier than calling off folly.”
Source: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
Source: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
“The fate of warnings in political affairs is to be futile when the recipient wishes otherwise.”
“Let us retreat when we can, not when we must. Lord Chatham”
Source: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
“Policy was not reconsidered because the governing group had no habit of purposeful consultation.”
Source: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam