Quotes from Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper

History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened.

Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."

The victory of liberalism enables them to sue their victors.

The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve.