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All Writers On The Science Of Policy Are Agreed, And They Agree With Experience, That All Governments Must Frequently Infringe The Rules Of Justice To Support Themselves; That Truth Must Give Way To Dissimulation, Honesty To Convenience, And Humanity Itself To The Reigning Of Interest. The Whole Of This Mystery Of Iniquity Is Called The Reason Of State.

There Is A Courageous Wisdom; There Is Also A False, Reptile Prudence, The Result Not Of Caution But Of Fear.

Man Is An Animal That Cooks His Victuals.

Poetry Is The Art Of Substantiating Shadows, And Of Lending Existence To Nothing.

Government Is A Contrivance Of Human Wisdom To Provide For Human Wants.