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Thoughts in these Increasing Militaristic Times
“As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.” — Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall … Continue reading
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Tagged Edward Gibbon, freedom, George Orwell, politics, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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