“Pour ce que je connaisse la musique populaire de peuples étrangers, la nôtre se trouve bien supérieure pour ce qui est de sa puissance expressive et de sa variété.”
Lettre du 15 aout 1905
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It is also a fact that America is too democratic at home to be autocratic abroad. This limits the use of America's power, especially its capacity for military intimidation. Never before has a populist democracy attained international supremacy. But the pursuit of power is not a goal that commands popular passion, except in conditions of a sudden threat or challenge to the public's sense of domestic well-being. The economic self-denial (that is defense spending), and the human sacrifice (casualties even among professional soldiers) required in the effort are uncongenial to democratic instincts. Democracy is inimical to imperial mobilization.
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Le Grand Echiquier - 1997

“La musique est la clé du génie d'un peuple.”
Citations de ses romans, Le Dirdir, 1969