# Quote — Barbara W. Tuchman, A Distant Mirror

> The real reason for his attitude lay deeper. Essentially, Gloucester and the barons of his party were opposed to peace because they felt war to be their occupation. Behind them were the poorer knights and squires and archers of England, who, unconcerned with rights or wrongs, were “inclined to war such as had been their livelihood.”

- Author: [Barbara W. Tuchman](https://www.leafyquotes.com/barbara-w-tuchman.md)
- Book: [A Distant Mirror](https://www.leafyquotes.com/barbara-w-tuchman/a-distant-mirror.md)
- Page: 490
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Barbara_Tuchman#A_Distant_Mirror_(1978)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/barbara-w-tuchman/a-distant-mirror/the-real-reason

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