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“Those mausoleums of inactive masculinity are places for men who prefer armchairs to women.”

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V. S. Pritchett was a British writer renowned for his short stories, novels, and literary criticism. Born on December 16, 1900, in London, he spent much of his life in the United States before returning to England in his later years. Pritchett's work frequently delved into the intricacies of human relationships and the social and political shifts of the 20th century. more

“We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.”

Country Reality Lines United Behinds Class Successful Policy Concerned Rate Ministers Foreign Policy Sections Governing Influential

Author:A. J. P. Taylor

“George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.”

Ifs Hard Would Be Duty Kings Conventional Monarchs Good Kings

Author:A. J. P. Taylor

“When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.”

Writing Care Mistake Achievement Historical British Loyalty Historical Truth

Author:A. J. P. Taylor

“Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently.”

Littles Rage Terrorist Fascism Gangsters

Author:A. J. P. Taylor

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