If there had been no ...

If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
If there had been no troublemakers, no Dissenters, we should still be living in caves.
 A. J. P. Taylor

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.
 A. J. P. Taylor
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients.
 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.
 A. J. P. Taylor