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Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passions.
Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passions.
Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
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- Barbara W. Tuchman
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- Approximate author period: c. 1950 AD · modern
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