"The man who pursues a project is really possessed by it. The humblest man, who has once formed a project, however unimportant--say that of taking his family on a definite trip next Sunday--will deploy all the qualities of a statesman and a ship commander to carry it through regardless of the importance he formerly attached to it. This capacity of man to wed himself to a project really defines man. He is the animal which acts not quia but ut, not pushed by causes but fascinated by a goal."
--Bertrand de Jouvenel, "The Nature of Politics"
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