Quote #165

I don't know which is the greater task: to decentralise a top-heavy civilization or to prevent an ancient civilization from becoming centralised and top-heavy. In both cases the core of the problem is to discover what constitutes a good civilization, then proclaim it to the people and help them to erect it.

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  6. I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
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