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What Men Call Civilization Is The Condition Of Present Customs; What They Call Barbarism, The Condition Of Past Ones.

A People Living Under The Perpetual Menace Of War And Invasion Is Very Easy To Govern. It Demands No Social Reform. It Does Not Haggle Over Expenditures For Armaments And Military Equipment. It Pays Without Discussion, It Ruins Itself, And That Is An Excellent Thing For The Syndicates Of Financiers And Manufacturers For Whom Patriotic Terrors Are An Abundant Source Of Gain.

It Is Only The Poor Who Pay Cash, And That Not From Virtue, But Because They Are Refused Credit.

We Reproach People For Talking About Themselves But It Is The Subject They Treat Best.

Nothing Spoils A Confession Like Repentance.