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The leveling process need find no place in Power's programme: it is embedded in its destiny.

— Bertrand de Jouvenel On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth (1949)

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A people among whom custom is altogether sovereign endures the despotism of the dead.

On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth (1949)

It is not hard to discover behind this juridical concept a metaphysical one.

On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth (1949)

"Monarchy and feudal aristocracy are two lions born on the same day."

On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth (1949)

Resistance is, therefore, the business of aristocracies.

On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth (1949)

Power is linked with war, and a society wishing to limit war's ravages can find no other way than by limiting the scope of Power.

On Power: Its Nature and the History of Its Growth (1949)

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