Bertrand de Jouvenel, (1903-1987) French philosopher, political economist, and futurist
Bertrand de Jouvenel Quote
“Democracy, then, in the centralizing, pattern-making, absolutist shape which we have given to it is, it is clear, the time of tyranny's incubation.”
~ Bertrand de Jouvenel
(1903-1987) French philosopher, political economist, and futuristDu Pouvoir. Histoire naturelle de sa croissance [1945] (Paris: Hachette, 1972), p. 36; English translation: On Power: The Natural History of Its Growth (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1993), p. 15.
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