Excerpt from Why Wars Come: Or Forms of Government and Foreign Policies in Relation to the Causes of Wars

"The ruin of the ancient Roman world was brought about, not only by the slow decay due to internal causes, but also by a terrible accident, the destruction of the keystone of all legal authority which threw this civilization into the convulsions of revolutionary despotism. That political accident was the destruction, by the Emperor Septimus Severus, of the authority of the Senate, of the only principle of legitimacy hallowed by the traditions of centuries."

- From "Forty Tears of Diplomatic Life" by Baron Rosen, former Russian Ambassador to the United States of America.

Confucius, when asked what quality is most essential in a ruler of a country, replied, "Humility and a deep sense of responsibility." When asked what quality is the most destructive, replied, "A wrong-headed obstinacy, which brooks no advice, remonstrance or opposition."

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