- A Timely Reminder -

["John Cronin" <jaycron@turbonet.com>]

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war to whip the citizenry into   
a political fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword.  It
emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind.  And when the drums of
war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind
has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the
citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by
patriotism, will offer up all their rights unto the leader and gladly so. 
How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar."
 
 - Julius Caesar (101-44 B.C.)