[_] Is the government serious insane? / alert status
Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
matthew at truthisfreedom.org.uk
Wed Jun 22 13:48:05 BST 2005
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:33:32 +0100
"Chris Kaminski" <chris at setmajer.com> wrote:
> "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the
> populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to
> safety) by menacing it with an endless series of
> hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
>
> -- H. L. Mencken
"Naturally the common 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 people along...
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are
being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for
exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country."
-- Reich-Marshall Hermann Goering
Nuremberg Trials
Matt
"Chris Kaminski" <chris at setmajer.com> wrote:
> "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the
> populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to
> safety) by menacing it with an endless series of
> hobgoblins, all of them imaginary."
>
> -- H. L. Mencken
"Naturally the common 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 people along...
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
the leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are
being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and for
exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country."
-- Reich-Marshall Hermann Goering
Nuremberg Trials
Matt