Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passio — Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passio — Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passio — Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passio — Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
Chief among the forces affecting political folly is lust for power, named by Tacitus as "the most flagrant of all passio — Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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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.

— Barbara W. Tuchman, The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
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