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H. A. L. Fisher Quotes

1865–1940 England

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, OM (21 March 1865 – 18 April 1940) was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician.

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Also known as: Fisher, Herbert, Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, Herbert Fisher

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Purity of race does not exist. Europe is a continent of energetic mongrels.

A History of Europe (1934)

Politics is the art of human happiness.

A History of Europe (1934)

All political decisions are taken under great pressure, and if a treaty serves its turn for ten or twenty years, the wisdom of its framers is sufficiently confirmed.

Political Prophecies (1918)

I can see … only one safe rule for the historian: that he should recognize in the development of human destinies the play of the contingent and the unforeseen.

A History of Europe (1934)

It is easier for eight or nine elderly men to feel their way towards unanimity if they are not compelled to conduct their converging maneuvers under the microscopes and telescopes of the press, but are permitted to shuffle about a little in slippers.

An International Experiment (1921)

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