I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is … - Thucydides

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I have often before now been convinced that a democracy is incapable of empire...

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Thucydides (or Thoukydides)(c. 472 BC – c. 400 BC) was an ancient Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens. This work is widely regarded a classic and represents the first work of its kind.

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Native Name: Θουκυδίδης

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Democracy is incapable of empire

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Events of future history will be of the same nature - or nearly so - as the history of the past, so long as men are men.

Of the gods we believe, and of men we know, that by nature they desire to rule.

[T]heir swaying bodies reflected the agitation of their minds, and they suffered the worst agony of all, ever just within the reach of safety or just on the point of destruction.

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