Luigi Guicciardini Quotes
As soon as external wars have ceased the internal commence
Luigi Guicciardini, 1478-1551, Gonfalonier [Governor] of Venice, Speech to the Council, Quoted in Machiavelli, The History of Venice
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Urging use of force against the South:
In Burundi, family land is divided among the male children of a family. The average Burundian woman has 6.3 children at that time, nearly triple the international fertility rate. With this population growth rate, the plots of land for each person inevitably get smaller and smaller over time. At 10,745 square miles, Burundi is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Maryland, but it holds nearly twice as many people: about 10 million. The small plots of land are inefficient to farm and provide subsistence. So the nation was in a crises as there was little industrialization and land was essential for existence for most Burundians. See {35807} and {35809}." Andre Florian Nbasimana
This was one of the most accurate foreign policy assessments ever made. The next year the first Arab-Israeli war began when the state of Israel came into being. See {624566} for another accurate prediction.
As influential and revered as he was, Houston would not overcome the drive for secession by the wealthy, large, slave holders of Texas.
The ambassador's hyperbole caused or was the excuse for President Lyndon Johnson to send the marines into the Dominican Republic. There were only two American civilian casualties—both were reporters accidently shot by U.S. Marines.