Equal co-operation is much more difficult than despotism, and much less in line with instinct. When men attempt equal co-operation, it is natural for each to strive for complete mastery, since the submissive impulses are not brought into play. It is almost necessary that all the parties concerned should acknowledge a common loyalty to something outside all of them. ... Where there is government by deliberation, there must, for success, be a general respect for the law, or for the nation, or for some principle which all parties respect.
Source: Power, 1938.
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