“Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter. A democratic state may profess to venerate the name, and even pass laws making it officially sacred, but it simply cannot tolerate the thing.”
– H.L. Mencken, the Baltimore Evening Sun (13 April 1925)
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I flagged this one for future reference. The longer one ponders it, the deeper and wider the implications.
The author of this has pondered it deeply also…