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Book: The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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  1. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    They were deaf to disaffection, blind to the alternative ideas it gave rise to, blandly impervious to challenge, unconcerned by the dismay at their misconduct and the rising wrath at their misgovernment, fixed in refusal to change, almost stupidly stubborn in maintaining a corrupt existing system. They could not change it because they were part of it, grew out of it, depended on it.
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  2. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    Disorder is the least tolerable up sinful conditions.
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  3. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    Connection" was the cement of the governing class.
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  4. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    Why, since folly or perversity is expected of individuals, should we expect anything else from government?
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  5. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    That he survived, and indeed returned to government, was one of man's occasional triumphs over medicine.
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  6. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    To those who think them selves strong, force always seems the easiest solution.
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  7. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    Let us retreat when we can, not when we must. Lord Chatham
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  8. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    The succession multiplied the harm. Each passed on his conception of the papacy unchanged.
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  9. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    One Cardinal entered his cathedral for the first time at his funeral.
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  10. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    How much does a man's effort depend upon the age in which his work is cast? Pope Clement VII
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  11. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    Fate represents the fulfillment of man's expectations of himself.
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  12. Barbara W. Tuchman _ The March of Folly: From Troy

    Washington's incessant need for NEW assessments testifies to uncertainty in the capital.
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