If I had children I should tell them that in this age one ought to be prepared for everything, for no one can count on the future. And I should add that people should rely on nothing that can be taken away; but try to acquire those things which one can never lose till one ceases to exist: fortitude, energy, knowledge, and prudence.
Alexis De Tocqueville, 1848
Max Weber: oratory, leadership, and power
‘In modem electoral campaigns the quantity of oratory is ever on the increase, and it tends to lose in content what it gains in mass … Read more
