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In literature, the term "statecraft" is frequently deployed to capture the multifaceted nature of governing and political strategy. For Rousseau [1], the word delineates a form of governance limited to a specific, almost mercenary, faction of society rather than a unified civic duty. Twain [2] employs the term to highlight the consequences of its absence, suggesting that without the guiding force of statecraft, civic disorder and oppression proliferate. Meanwhile, Burgess and Park [3] use statecraft as a counterpoint to cultural and ethnic distinctiveness within the Roman Empire, framing it as an instrument aimed at imperial unity. Santayana [4] underscores the complexity of mastering statecraft alongside economic principles, hinting at the depth of intellectual engagement required. Finally, Griffis [5] illustrates statecraft as the dual tool of martial unification and the architectural shaping of national culture, reflecting its role in crafting both political order and cultural identity.
  1. We should see the honour of defending the common cause confined by statecraft to a mercenary part of the people.
    — from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  2. What Machiavelli beheld round him in Italy was a civic disorder in which there was oppression without statecraft, and revolt without patriotism.
    — from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain
  3. The hierarchal Jewish state was a thorn in the flesh of the Roman statecraft that aimed at the unity of the empire.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  4. It is altogether impossible that the individual should have a discursive and adequate knowledge of statecraft and economy.
    — from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana
  5. The great warrior, becoming first a unifier by arms and statecraft, determined also to become the architect of the national culture.
    — from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

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