Paul Valéry Quote

If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.


History and Politics (1971, translated by D. Folliot and J. Mathews).

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If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.

If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.

If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.

If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.