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“Don't be a genius, my son, it isn't good for anybody.”
― The Beloved Vagabond
― The Beloved Vagabond
“As Hobbes remarked, in war, force and fraud are the cardinal virtues, and he regarded international relations as always potentially a condition of war. Cavour, one of the creators of a united Italy in the nineteenth century, is reported as remarking: ‘What scoundrels we would be if we had done for ourselves what we have done for our country.”
― Politics: A Very Short Introduction
― Politics: A Very Short Introduction
“Politics is the activity by which the framework of human life is sustained; it is not life itself.”
― Politics: A Very Short Introduction
― Politics: A Very Short Introduction
“At the turn of the twentieth century, the first wave of academic political scientists attacked some of their theoretical predecessors for the supposed mistake of assuming that human beings were entirely rational. This mistake had allegedly been made by politicians and theorists who had tried to appeal to voters in terms of purely rational argument. The new political scientists triumphantly pointed out that image, stereotype, the emotions arising in crowds, family background, and many other irrational factors were actually the main determinants of political behaviour.”
― Politics: A Very Short Introduction
― Politics: A Very Short Introduction
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