- "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 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 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
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