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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: jjkirk who wrote (6102)9/11/2002 2:49:25 PM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (3) of 89467
 
"The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing". -Marcus Aurelius (121-180 A.D.)

Many of us have begun to wonder which lessons from history the man in the White House is studying. Here's one from the first Roman emperor:

"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 (100-44 B.C.)

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I'm in Bradley's camp:

"Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner."

--General Omar Bradley

The madness of the imperial scheming going on in the Defense Policy Group and the rest of the Thief-In-Chief's inner circle is truly diabolical.

-Ray
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