Heard a Quote while watching Molly Ivins

[Greylyn58]

on C-Span. I had never heard this quote from Julius Caesar before, but it fits the *Shrub and what has happened to this country to a tee.

“Beware of the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into 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, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How will I know? For this I have done. And I am Julius Caesar.”

Julius Caesar...General, Statesman, and Emperor of Rome

[SammyBlue]

1. Molly, if you weren't so much older than me, I'd marry you!

I fucking love Molly Ivins!!!

[StatGirl]

2. Good quote, but Caesar didn't say it.

See Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/caesar.htm

[RaleighNCDUer]

3. Well, whoever did write it should take credit for it --

very well said.