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No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

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And government (to define it de facto, or according to modern prudence) is an art whereby some man, or some few men, subject a city or a nation, and rule it according to his or their private interest; which, because the laws in such cases are made according to the interest of a man, or of some few families, may be said to be the empire of men, and not of laws.

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A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform... therefore a whole army is afraid of one man.

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James Harrington

James Harrington

Born: January 3, 1611

Died: September 11, 1677 (aged 66)

Bio: James Harrington was an English political theorist of classical republicanism, best known for his controversial work, The Commonwealth of Oceana. This work was an exposition on an ideal constitution, designed to facilitate the development of a utopian republic.

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