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Government and Politics
It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.4.1 · 23 votes · 197 reads
Government and Politics
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.3.7 · 23 votes · 2 reads
Thought and Reason
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.4.8 · 34 votes · 134 reads
Government and Politics
The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the imposing personages of a splendid procession: it is by them the mob are influenced; it is they whom the spectators cheer. The real rulers are secreted in second-rate carriages; no one cares for them o3.6 · 15 votes · 150 reads
Government and Politics
War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what may be called the preliminary virtues, as valor, veracity, the spirit of obedience, the habit of discipline. Any of these, and of others like them, when possessed by a nation, and no4.4 · 59 votes · 127 reads