

“In a democracy, there will be more complaints but less crisis, in a dictatorship more silence but much more suffering.”
― Wealth of Words
― Wealth of Words

“There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen.”
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“Every manmade disaster begins when one man thinks for another. However benevolent they begin, the ultimate outcome is tyranny.”
― Blythe
― Blythe

“Where there are repeated wars, the people are weakened; when they score repeated victories, rulers become haughty. Let haughty rulers command weakened people, and rare is the nation that will not perish as a result.”
― The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries
― The Art of War: Complete Texts and Commentaries
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