(From Of Great Place)
Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business. So as they have no freedom; neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire, to seek power and to lose liberty: or to [...]
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Francis Bacon
Posted in Ideology, tagged Francis Bacon, philosophy on November 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Machiavelli
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“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.”
I once heard Kirk Bennett ask those at IHOP-KC [...]
