“A wise Government seeks to provide the opportunity through which the best of individual achievement can be obtained, while at the same time it seeks to remove such obstruction, such unfairness as springs from selfish human motives.” HumansGovernmentOpportunityIndividualWiseAchievementSpringSelfishMotiveRemoveUnfairnessObstructionIndividual Achievement Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“It is one of the perceptual defects of Western government and press to assign Western-style motives to what people do in non-Western societies, as if these are universally relevant.” PeopleIfsGovernmentStylePressesWesternMotiveRelevantDefectsWestern Society Author:William Pfaff
“That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is derived from a strong sense of our own interest in the preservation and prosperity of the free government of which we are members. Such a sentiment, which had rendered the legions of the republic almost invincible, could make but a very feeble impression on the mercenary servants of a despotic prince; and it became necessary to supply that defect by other motives, of a different, but not less forcible nature; honour and religion.” DifferentGovernmentStrongInterestHistoryVirtueMembersProsperityImpressionServantMotiveSentimentsRepublicHonourPreservationDefectsInvincibleRoman EmpireLegionFree GovernmentMercenary Book:The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edited and Abridged): Abridged Edition Source: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Edited and Abridged): Abridged Edition