But if the beginnings of love and amorous politics are equally rosy, then the ends are often equally bloody. We're familiar with political love that ends in tyranny, where a ruler's firm conviction that he has the true interests of his nation at heart ends up lending him the confidence to murder without qualms {and 'for their own good'} all who disagree with him. Romantic lovers are similarly inclined to vent their frustration on dissenters and heretics.
( Alain de Botton )
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