Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. - John Emerich Quotes
Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. John Emerich
 British Historian

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Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton - John Emerich Quotes

Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton

John Emerich

 
Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing - John Emerich Quotes

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing

John Emerich

 Disagreement Trust
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. - John Emerich Quotes

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

John Emerich

 Argument British Historian
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections - John Emerich Quotes

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections

John Emerich

 Democracy
Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history - John Emerich Quotes

Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history

John Emerich

 Dignity
In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food - John Emerich Quotes

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food

John Emerich

 
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. - John Emerich Quotes

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

John Emerich

 Power
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - John Emerich Quotes

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

John Emerich

 
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favorites - John Emerich Quotes

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favorites

John Emerich

 Books And Reading
(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul - John Emerich Quotes

(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul

John Emerich

 
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