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"For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual."
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"Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards."
"The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people."
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"To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it."
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