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| 2010-05-28 |
| "In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life and they lost it all—security, comfort and freedom... When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give them, when the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free." Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
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| #2 "He was a peculiar-looking man, in a big fur coat, reminding one irresistibly of a codfish." --"Sapper" McNeile, Bulldog Drummond Now, that's a quote! |
| Posted by: Fred 2010-05-28 16:38 |
| #1 Gibbon is a great historian but Athens (I think he was speaking of the Athens of Pericles) was only free in a relative sense (there were lots and lots of slaves). Also, with a few lucky breaks and some less screwball leadership, Athens would have fallen to Persia. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2010-05-28 15:52 |