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> [“The idea so commonly found that scepticism leads to toleration arises from considering the effects of scepticism in the intellectual who takes no active part - not its effects in the man of action. In the man of action, moral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/the-idea-so-commonly-found-that-scepticism-leads-to-toleration-arises/)

[Bertrand De Jouvenel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-de-jouvenel/)

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## More by Bertrand de Jouvenel

> [But there are no institutions on earth which enable each separate person to have a hand in the exercise of Power, for Power is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/but-there-are-no-institutions-on-earth-which-enable-each-separate/)

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> [It is appropriate here to recall that the so-called Dark Ages began with the flight of the individuals into the protection of lords or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/it-is-appropriate-here-to-recall-that-the-so-called-dark-ages-began/)

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> [“As every advance of Power is useful for war, so war is useful for the advance of power; war is like a sheep-dog harrying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/as-every-advance-of-power-is-useful-for-war-so-war-is-useful-for-the/)

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> [“The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/the-modern-absolutism-which-we-find-the-most-natural-thing-in-the/)

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> [Ransack the history of revolutions, and it will be found that every fall of a regime has been presaged by a defiance which went…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/ransack-the-history-of-revolutions-and-it-will-be-found-that-every/)

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> [“The man who has dedicated himself to the success of the protect, the master builder, no longer has any freedom: his conduct is now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/the-man-who-has-dedicated-himself-to-the-success-of-the-protect-the/)

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> [“The entire stock of relationships which suited in war—militiae—was regarded as inadmissible and improper in peace—domi. We have the measure of how right the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/the-entire-stock-of-relationships-which-suited-in-war-militiae-was/)

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> [“Power changes its appearance but not its reality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/power-changes-its-appearance-but-not-its-reality/)

[Bertrand De Jouvenel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-de-jouvenel/)

> [“Historians of the sentimental school have sometimes regretted that royalty became absolute, while at the same time rejoicing that it installed plebeians in office.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/historians-of-the-sentimental-school-have-sometimes-regretted-that/)

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> [“The idea so commonly found that scepticism leads to toleration arises from considering the effects of scepticism in the intellectual who takes no active…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/the-idea-so-commonly-found-that-scepticism-leads-to-toleration-arises/)

[Bertrand De Jouvenel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-de-jouvenel/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/power-is-linked-with-war-and-a-society-wishing-to-limit-war-s-ravages/)

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> [“Rejoicing in his absolute authority, the single egoist will exploit it methodically, whereas a mêlée of egoists will bring about a ruinous disorder and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/rejoicing-in-his-absolute-authority-the-single-egoist-will-exploit-it/)

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> [For, once man is declared 'the measure of all things,' there is no longer a true, or a good, or a just, but only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/for-once-man-is-declared-the-measure-of-all-things-there-is-no-longer/)

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> [Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: We are our own Huns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/barbarian-invasions-would-be-superfluous-we-are-our-own-huns/)

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> [“Where will it all end? In the destruction of all other command for the benefit of one alone - that of the state. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-de-jouvenel/where-will-it-all-end-in-the-destruction-of-all-other-command-for-the/)

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