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"Political disorders can be quickly healed if they are seen well in advance (and only a prudent ruler has such foresight); when, for lack of a diagnosis, they are allowed to grow in such a way that everyone can recognize them, remedies are too late." — Mar 14, 2026 07:12PM
"Political disorders can be quickly healed if they are seen well in advance (and only a prudent ruler has such foresight); when, for lack of a diagnosis, they are allowed to grow in such a way that everyone can recognize them, remedies are too late." — Mar 14, 2026 07:12PM
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"He would apply to politics the methods he had used in business: rhetorical extravagance, unscrupulous manipulation, hard bargaining, unapologetic vindictiveness, the will to dominate or destroy competitors, and pretensions to grandeur…It was not simply that Trump knew how the country might learn to win again—he was the only man who could do it." — 6 hours, 33 min ago
"He would apply to politics the methods he had used in business: rhetorical extravagance, unscrupulous manipulation, hard bargaining, unapologetic vindictiveness, the will to dominate or destroy competitors, and pretensions to grandeur…It was not simply that Trump knew how the country might learn to win again—he was the only man who could do it." — 6 hours, 33 min ago
“Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.”
― The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
― The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”
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“Without music, life would be a mistake.”
― Twilight of the Idols
― Twilight of the Idols
“Ah, that shows you the power of music, that magician of magician, who lifts his wand and says his mysterious word and all things real pass away and the phantoms of your mind walk before you clothed in flesh.”
― Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
― Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
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