Wednesday, June 17, 2015

sincere belief

He was accused by his enemies, and even by some of his supporters, of personal ambition; but insofar as it is possible to analyze a statesman's motives, it is probably true to say that when he clung to power and outplayed his rivals, he acted from a sincere belief that he was the only man who could save Mexico. And he was probably right to think so.

- Maximilian and Juarez, pg 33

[выделено мной - вс]

хмм... нельзя ли это сказать о ком-то еще... о кое-ком еще.

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