"So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable."
-Walter Bagehot
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"One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.“
-Walter Bagehot
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"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."
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"The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards."
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"The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen."
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"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
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"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."
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