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And Gentile also said that Fascism was the ultimate form of democracy. "The Nationalist state was an aristocratic state that constructed itself out of the force it inherited from its origin, which made it valued by the masses. The Fascist State, on the other hand, is a popular state and, in that sense, a democratic State par excellence." Democracy means 'People Power'.
FASCISM DEFINED | the Difference Between Fascism and National Socialism
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A succinct summary of the tragic vision was given by historians Will and Ariel Durant: Out of every hundred new ideas ninety-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace. No one man, however brilliant or well-informed, can come in one lifetime to such fullness of understanding as to safely judge and dismiss the customs or institutions of his society, for these are the wisdom of generations after centuries of experiment in the laboratory of history.
The Vision of the Anointed
Thomas Sowell
For our purposes, we will define a habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire. Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skill is the how to do. And desire is the motivation, the want to do. In order to make something a habit in our lives, we have to have all three.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
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