Quotes From "The First Salute" By Barbara W. Tuchman

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Irritability was an occupational disease. Intolerant and intolerable belong in the same category. Barbara W. Tuchman
2
A great imperative imparts a wonderful impulse to the spirit. Barbara W. Tuchman
3
These cumbersome vehicles were as convenient as if dinosaurs had survived to be used by cowboys for driving cattle Barbara W. Tuchman
4
The greatness of the object enabled my mind to support what my strengths of body was scarce equal to. Barbara W. Tuchman
5
Clearly prize money received more serious attention than scurvy or signals. Barbara W. Tuchman
6
Civilians who volunteer generally wish to escape, not to share, privatizations worse than their own. Barbara W. Tuchman
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Extravagant sartorial display had a purpose. It created the impression of wealth and power on the opponent and pride in the wearer which has been lost sight of in our nervously egalitarian times. Barbara W. Tuchman