"We are ending where the savages began. We……" — Bertrand de Jouvenel
"We are ending where the savages began. We have found again the lost arts of starving non-combatants, burning hovels, and leading away the vanquished into slavery. Barbarian invasions would be superfluous: we are our own Huns."
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Bertrand de Jouvenel
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8 Quotes by Bertrand de Jouvenel
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