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“Enormity of the stakes became the new self-hypnosis.”
“The scene is France. The theater is the world.”
“Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government?”
“If it was bliss to be alive, to hunt was rapture.”
“Diplomacy's primary law: LEAVE ROOM FOR NEGOTIATION.”
“War is the unfolding of miscalculations.”
“In proportion that property is small, the danger of misusing the franchisee is great.”
“The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke”
“The art of oratory was considered part of the equipment of a statesman.”