Quotes for the Present
July 11th, 2008
A few things I have around that seem to be getting more an more applicable each day…
Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security
–Benjamin Franklin
Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. [...] Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.
–Hermann Göring
What luck for rulers that men do not think.
–Adolf Hitler
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