Palace of CrystalCurrent affairs and peace politics: the dangers of charismatic leaders to democracy and the peace of the world, and how peace might be achieved for the longer term. |
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... declared that all men were born equal. A true autocrat can identify with Napoleon's famous statement: 'A man such as I am is not much concerned over the lives of a million men'. At the present time the great democracies of the United ...
... declared that all men were born equal. A true autocrat can identify with Napoleon's famous statement: 'A man such as I am is not much concerned over the lives of a million men'. At the present time the great democracies of the United ...
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... declare an unpopular war against Iraq in 2003. In an attempt to understand why the common man, though he suffers from war, yet tends to elect the very leaders who are most likely to take him to war, Part Two (Follow my Leader, chapters ...
... declare an unpopular war against Iraq in 2003. In an attempt to understand why the common man, though he suffers from war, yet tends to elect the very leaders who are most likely to take him to war, Part Two (Follow my Leader, chapters ...
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... Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (A/RES/53/243 dated 13 September 1999) defined a culture of peace as “a set of values, attitudes, modes of behaviour, and ways of life that reject violence and prevent conflicts ...
... Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace (A/RES/53/243 dated 13 September 1999) defined a culture of peace as “a set of values, attitudes, modes of behaviour, and ways of life that reject violence and prevent conflicts ...
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... declare that his intention was to kill every Jewish man, woman and child he could round up. Instead, he spoke of Jews as 'bloated capitalists' and 'seducers' etc. Hitler clearly felt that the public would not accept a blatant advocacy ...
... declare that his intention was to kill every Jewish man, woman and child he could round up. Instead, he spoke of Jews as 'bloated capitalists' and 'seducers' etc. Hitler clearly felt that the public would not accept a blatant advocacy ...
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... declaring a pre-emptive war: another proof for them that democracies are as bad as the rest! As discussed in chapter five ... declared to the assembled crowd: 'We deceive ourselves if we believe that the people want to be governed by ...
... declaring a pre-emptive war: another proof for them that democracies are as bad as the rest! As discussed in chapter five ... declared to the assembled crowd: 'We deceive ourselves if we believe that the people want to be governed by ...
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