Note 92 — Chapter I · : THE PHYSIOCRATS

“One has come to regard the various nations as drawn up against one another in a perpetual state of war. This unfortunate prejudice is almost sacred, and is regarded as a patriotic virtue.” (Baudeau, p. 808.)

The three errors usually committed by States, and the three that led to the downfall of Greece, Baudeau thought, were arbitrary use of legislative authority, oppressive taxation, and aggressive patriotism (p. 801).