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“Aristocracy naturally leads the human mind to the contemplation of the past, and fixes it there. Democracy, on the contrary, gives men a sort of instinctive distaste for what is ancient. In this respect aristocracy is far more favorable to poetry; for things commonly grow larger and more obscure as they are more remote; and, for this two-fold reason, they are better suited to the delineation of the ideal.”

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Book:Democracy in America
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“Суперництво між Афінами і Спартою підтримувало в усіх менших республіках стан латентної чи відвертої громадянської війни. У кожній із них протистояли одні одним прихильники народовладдя, які розраховували на допомогу Афін, і олігархісти, які розраховували на допомогу Спарти. Партія, що була при владі, якщо необережно починала якусь зовнішню війну, повинна була вести її навіть до найгіршого кінця, бо визнання невдачі, спроба укладення миру і взагалі кожен жест, який міг послабити напруженість психозу обложеного міста, загрожував приходом до влади внутрішніх супротивників, з якими не можна було розраховувати на переговори.”

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Book:Eseje
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“Major Hankey, secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, was brought in by Bongie, and placed in front of him on the table the large red and blue leather-bound volume known as the War Book, he opened it sceptically. On the title page it said: ‘Co-ordination of Departmental Action on the Occurrence of Strained Relations and on the Outbreak of War’. Hankey, a spare, neat figure who reminded him of his old school gym instructor, had spent years of his life devising this bureaucratic masterpiece. Remind me how it works. The Foreign Secretary formally warns the Cabinet that he can “forsee the danger of this country being involved in war in the near future” and that sets the machine in motion. Eleven government departments will then send out the warning telegram across the Empire – ports, railways, post offices, army headquarters, police stations, town halls and so forth – initiating the precautionary phase. The recipients have already been issued with instructions, so they know what to do when they receive the warning telegram. And what does this telegram say? “In the circumstance that Great Britain is at war with …, act upon instructions.” How many telegrams will be sent? …thousands. Pg93”

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Book:Precipice
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