"<p>Whichever nation wants to be superior to other nations: becomes an executioner or a clown.<br />The life of their nation is polluted by those who extol the real or supposed virtues of their nation and refuse to tolerate harsh criticism.<br />The greatest scourge that can befall a people is to destroy its judgment by one-sided rule. Such a people is debauched, and the more tramp adventurer reaches for it, the more easily it throws itself at him. There is no outside menace, no endless ravages, no millennia of oppression to equal it.</p>"