So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism --despotism during the campaign --is indispensable.
Source: Physics and Politics, ch. 2, sct. 3 (1872).
-- Walter Bagehot, (Feb 3 1826-1877), English economist, editor, critic, analyst; He founded and edited The Economist 1860-77; wrote English Constitution, 1867.