Truls Ljungström

“THE GREATEST DISORDER COMES FROM ABUSES ON THE PART OF THE HEAD, WHEN SUPERIORS USURP THE POWER OF THOSE UNDER THEM.”
― Nicholas of Cusa, The Catholic Concordance

“At the heart of Roman politics, from the beginning of the republic until virtually the end of the imperial era, stands the conviction of the sacredness of foundation, in the sense that once something has been founded it remains binding for all future generations. To be engaged in politics meant first and foremost to preserve the founding of the city of Rome.”
― Hannah Arendt, Between Past and Future

“för regenternas synd pliktar folken, liksom folkens synder skapar regenterna.”
― Viktor Rydberg, Oberoende: Viktor Rydbergs klassiska liberalism

“Once hadst thou passions and calledst them evil. But now hast thou only thy virtues: they grew out of thy passions.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra