"Dictature" Quotes from Famous Books
... knowledge to justify it, alienated the competent officers. The treason of Goergey, as it was popularly considered, was probably due to the perception that Kossuth was an impracticable head for an active revolution, under whose dictature there was no hope of final success while he at the same time refused to abandon his impracticable ideals; and I heard from actual participants that there was great dissatisfaction amongst the officers with his assumption of dignity, out of place, and of command, for which he was incompetent. ... — The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I • Stillman, William James |