| "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 with 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." |
| --- William Shakespeare--- |
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