Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.
When the gap between ideal and real becomes too wide, the system breaks down.
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
Government remains the paramount area of folly because it is there that men seek power over others - only to lose it over themselves.
Arguments can always be found to turn desire into policy.
To be right and overruled is not forgiven to persons in responsible positions.