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Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action.
The Story of Civilization (1935)
Caesar and Christ had met in the arena, and Christ had won.
The Story of Civilization (1935)
There is nothing in Greek civilization that does not illuminate our own.
The Story of Civilization (1935)
To all Christian governments Christianity was not a rule of means but a means of rule; Christ was for the people, Machiavelli was preferred by the kings. The state in some measure had civilized man, but who would civilize the state?
The Story of Civilization (1935)
There is no greater drama in human record than the sight of a few Christians, scorned or oppressed by a succession of emperors, bearing all trials with a fierce tenacity, multiplying quietly, building order while their enemies generated chaos, fighting the sword with the word, brutality with hope, and at last defeating the strongest state that history has known. Caesar and Christ had met in the arena, and Christ had won.
The Story of Civilization (1935)