“There comes a time in the history of every people when they become so pathologically soft and tender that they actually side with those elements of their society that harms them; i.e. criminals”-A Great Historian 1888
Which great historian?
Lookrf it up. Appears to be Nietzsche, who AFAIK wasn't a historian at all, much less a Great One. Though he was arguably a great philosopher.
http://www4.hmc.edu:8001/humanities/beckman/nietzsche/Beyond.htm