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Originally posted by jriley
I just came across the following quotation, which seems relevant:
"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".
-Reichsmarschal Hermann Goering (Nuremburg Trials)
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but is that relevant? wasn't that criminal referring to the jews, who were villified as a threat, but of course were not. and do we not have a real threat here in our time? september 11th ring a bell?
here's a quote for you:
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
-President Theodore Roosevelt
