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“When wicked or ignorant men govern, it is not surprising that virtue and goodness are not esteemed. For the former hate them, and the latter do not know them.”
― Maxims and Reflections
― Maxims and Reflections
“In the end the war was Hitler's war. It was not perhaps the war he wanted. But it was the war he was prepared to risk if he had to. Nothing could deter him...He was no longer prepared to wait on events. He needed to force them to manipulate them to manufacture incidents to create pretexts for action.”
― How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War
― How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War
“The reasons why institutions fail and societies change are complex, and simplistic explanations should evoke automatic suspicion. Sometimes external causes - droughts, plagues or foreign invasions - can unsettle a nation, or its leadership may prove inadequate because of personal factors. In every case, a society faces problems, and is solutions or lack of response set a course for the future.”
― The Immense Majesty: A History of Rome and the Roman Empire
― The Immense Majesty: A History of Rome and the Roman Empire
“A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.
This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national, and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat. 2.10.”
― The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national, and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat. 2.10.”
― The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
“The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. What looks like giving a hand is often a holding on for dear life. Take away our holy duties and you leave our lives puny and meaningless. There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.”
― The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
― The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Great War (1914-1918): The Society and Culture of the First World War
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A place to discuss the cultural milieu of the Great War (also referred to as the First World War, World War I, WWI, World War One). The intent of this ...more
RevWar Revolutionary War Book Club
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This group features discussion and review of books about the American Revolutionary War. In addition, we run member polls to choose books for the grou ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
Senatus Populus Que Romanus
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"The Senate and the People of Rome". Why not form a group for everyone interested in the Roman Republic/Empire? We can recommend books to each other a ...more
The American Civil War
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Focuses on books, discussions, comments, reviews, and questions on the American Revolution. Just kidding.
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