"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 Insight of Hindsight
Submitted by Melinda L. Secor on Sun, 2011-09-18 00:00
"History is clear in hindsight yet dusty when it’s occurring. One must wait for the particles, and the particulars, to settle. Thus, our ignorance or indifference will be inexplicable to those coming after us, just as their inaction shall mystify their own offspring."
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