"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
The Hope Of Freedom In The American Character
It is the saddest quotation from classical liberalism. On the eve of World War I, British foreign secretary Sir Edward Grey stated, “The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our time.” The lamps or lights were freedom and peace. Grey did not see them again.
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