The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders, that's easy, all you have to do is tell them is that they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism for exposing the country to danger.
Hermann Goering
To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this, your tactics only aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve.
John Ashcroft defending Patriot Act
History teaches us that it is shockingly easy to separate resonable and intellectual people from their rights. A legally elected leader and party can still easily manipulate national events to whip up fear, crucify scapegoats, gag dessenters, and convince the masses that their liberties must be suspended -- temporarily of course -- in the name of restoring order.
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