[Promotum] Caesar on Patriotism

[Edmund A. Hintz]

Thanks to Dirk for this one. Unknown if it's legit, if anybody can prove 
or disprove let me know. Nice quote regardless.

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"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both 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 of 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

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