Machiavelli: Art of War: Book 1: "As to being apprehensive that such organization will not deprive you of the State by one who makes himself a leader, I reply, that the arms carried by his citizens or subjects, given to them by laws and ordinances, never do him harm, but rather are always of some usefulness, and preserve the City uncorrupted for a longer time by means of these (arms), than without (them). Rome remained free four hundred years while armed: Sparta eight hundred: Many other Cities have been dis-armed, and have been free less than forty years; for Cities have need of arms, and if they do not have arms of their own, they hire them from foreigners, and the arms of foreigners more readily do harm to the public good than their own; for they are easier to corrupt, and a citizen who becomes powerful can more readily avail himself, and can also manage the people more readily as he has to oppress men who are disarmed. "
Monday, August 05, 2013
How Did Rich Connecticut Morph Into One Of America's Worst Performing Economies? - Forbes
How Did Rich Connecticut Morph Into One Of America's Worst Performing Economies? - Forbes:
In retrospect the symptoms are clear—somebody let the foxes into the henhouse!
In retrospect the symptoms are clear—somebody let the foxes into the henhouse!
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