"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
Slavery in Massachusetts
Classic text from Henry David Thoreau attacking the North after the conviction of a fugitive slave.
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Henry David Thoreau only becomes more and more relevant with each passing year.
I wish more people would heed his advice - advice such as this :
"[40] Let each inhabitant of the State dissolve his union with her, as long as she delays to do her duty."