Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. the true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies or emotions, but in the belief of men that they:

The true strength of rulers and empires lies not in armies or emotions, but in the belief of men that they are inflexibly open, truthful and legal.

Explanation:

This is said by H.G. Wells. According to this, the empires which betray their own countries and do not work for the betterment of their country and people of the country, destroy their own empires. Because the people lose their trust and belief in such empires who can not work for them but the empires are only bothered about themselves.

He says that the strength of the rulers is not in the arms and the ammunition that they possess, it rather lies in the fact that how truthful they are towards the working for their own empires. How open and accountable they are and how lawfully do they do the work. The developments that they make to the empire, defines their strength and not the armies.

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