> "The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the > arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to > foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go > bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public > assistance." --Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 B.C. > > 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
Since we are throwing about pseudo-politico-philosophical stuff...
"My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep." -- Neville Chamberlain, 1938
..and my favorite...
"...we have met the enemy, and he is us." -- Pogo, 1971
