"So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable."
-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.“
-Walter Bagehot
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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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"You can take Elvis. You can take Marilyn Monroe. Success and fame will not be the answer if something inside of you is bothering you, if things in your mind aren't going right."
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"Once you can accept failure, you can have fun and success."
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"Fame and success are very different things."
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