Thanks for this. I've seen it a number of times previously, but never as
attributed to Shakespeare. Some have tried to debunk it, saying that
Julius Ceasar never wrote it. Can you provide a more specific reference
for it?
Thanks again,
Stephen
--- Moen Creek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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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 with 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."
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> -William Shakespeare
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