"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 War Against Law-Abiding Citizens
"Most Americans seem to believe that obeying their nation's laws is all that it takes to be a good person. Identifying oneself as a 'law-abiding citizen' is a common homily trotted out to prove one's superior morality and worthiness. It seems never to occur to such folk that there may be good laws and bad laws, that 'laws' are frequently found at the root of the world's most egregious evils."
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