Cautionary Quotes
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we 
are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and 
servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." 
	-Theodore Roosevelt (1918)


"Why of course the people don't want war... But after all it is the leaders 
of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to 
drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, 
or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship... 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."
	-Hermann Goering, Nazi leader, at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II


"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue 
the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, 
they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they 
will move the tables and chairs out of the way, and you will see the brick wall 
at the back of the theatre."
	-Frank Zappa, circa 1977


"Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide open, and that... 
may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on 
government and public officials."
	-Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., New York Times v. Sullivan, 1964


"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
	-George Orwell



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The Politician Traitor
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A nation can survive its fools, villains, and even the ambitious. But it cannot 
survive treason and corruption from the politician traitor within its gates.

For the politician traitor appears not a traitor --- he speaks in the accents familiar 
to his victims, and wears their face and their garment, and he appeals to the baseness 
that lies deep in the hearts of all men that government can fix all the ills of mankind.

The politician traitor rots the soul of a nation --- he works secretly and unknown in 
the night to undermine the pillars that holds government up right --- he infects the 
body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to be feared.

The enemy at the gates is less formidable than politician traitor, for he is known to all and 
carries his banners openly. But the politician traitor moves freely among those within the 
gate and promises “…the coming changes will not affect you! They are meant for someone else…”

When dark clouds appear on the horizon the politician traitor becomes even more devious. The 
politician traitor slyly whispers lies to all who will hear while rustling through all the 
galleys of government and is frequently heard whispering “…bigger government will solve all 
of our problems. It only requires is a few more taxes. Then we will deal with our massive debt 
once the new taxes are in place …..”