Uninhibited, they wallowed with zest in the filth and mire of their political conceptions and needs, among the very leaders of their society, but nevertheless the very dregs of human civilisation and moral standards. A historian who finds excuses for...
When history is written as it ought to be written, it is the moderation and long patience of the masses at which men will wonder, not their ferocity.
An army is a miniature of the society which produces it.
The patience and forbearance of the poor are among the strongest bulwarks of the rich.