“So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.”
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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
