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" So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable. "
Aldous Huxley
Miserable
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" Sons have always a rebellious wish to be disillusioned by that which charmed their fathers. "
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" A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy. "
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" One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. "
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