"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
Capital Culture: When Folks Swarmed People's House
'A child's primer from the Civil War explained that there is an essential difference between an imperious monarch and an American president. 'How are emperors and kings protected'' it asked. 'By great troops of guards; so that it is difficult to approach them. How is the president guarded' He needs no guards at all; he may be visited by any persons like a private citizen.''
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