It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its rulers believe in their own propaganda.


The Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (1983), p. 94, Flamingo edition

Doris Lessing Quotes

It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its rulers believe in their own...

It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its rulers believe in their own...

It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its rulers believe in their own...

It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its rulers believe in their own...