Bertrand de Jouvenel Quotes

The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute of kings.

Bertrand de Jouvenel

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• The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the most absolute of kings.

  

  Bertrand de Jouvenel
  • Dreams
  • Kings
  • Absolutism