Becoming Quote 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…

— Bertrand de Jouvenel

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…

— Bertrand de Jouvenel

“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…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

“The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

Ransack the history of revolutions, and it will be found that every fall of a regime has been presaged by a defiance which went…

— Bertrand de Jouvenel

“The man who has dedicated himself to the success of the protect, the master builder, no longer has any freedom: his conduct is now…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

“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…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

“Power changes its appearance but not its reality.”

— 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.…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

“The idea so commonly found that scepticism leads to toleration arises from considering the effects of scepticism in the intellectual who takes no active…

— 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…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel

“Rejoicing in his absolute authority, the single egoist will exploit it methodically, whereas a mêlée of egoists will bring about a ruinous disorder and…

— Bertrand De Jouvenel