"History is rich with adventurous men, long on char..." — Umberto Eco — Bijaksana

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History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing parliaments and constitutions, distributing favours to their minions, and conflating their own desires with the interests of the community.

— Umberto Eco

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In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

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Without initiative, leaders are simply workers in leadership positions.

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I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another question which is of hardly less importance - the enormous and burdensome standing armaments which it is the practice of modern Governments to sustain in time of peace.

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Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing.

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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

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