(update) this stayed up the whole weekend. It was recovered from the trash with it's flags broke off, Thanx Liz!. Time to REHANG it!
"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar." –Julius Caesar
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." -Indira Gandhi
"We Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed to violence. Yet we go into spasms of joy over the possibility of projecting dynamite bombs from flying machines upon helpless citizens." -Emma Goldman
1 comment:
dear mike,
the horror! what's next? holiday snack food blogging?
peace, peter
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