John Keegan

It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.

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These are some quotes by English author John Keegan Historian, who lived between May 15, 1934 and August 2, 2012.

Quotes by John Keegan

I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper.

John Keegan

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I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.

John Keegan

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Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.

John Keegan

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