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A. J. P. Taylor
A. J. P. Taylor

A. J. P. Taylor was a distinguished British historian celebrated for his incisive analysis of modern European history. His writings primarily centered on the political and diplomatic history of the 18th and 19th centuries, with a particular focus on the Napoleonic era and the two World Wars. Taylor's writing was marked by its wit and clarity, making intricate historical events understandable to a broad readership. more

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“To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.”

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Book:The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
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“Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of the democracy; measures therefore should be taken which will give them lasting prosperity; and as this is equally the interest of all classes, the proceeds of the public revenues should be accumulated and distributed among its poor, if possible, in such quantities as may enable them to purchase a little farm, or, at any rate, make a beginning in trade or husbandry.”

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