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Charles Eliot Norton, from the Quotemaster:
The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and too often by the pulpit, is bidding all men fall in step and obey in silence the tyrannous word of command. Then, more than ever, it is the duty of the good citizen not to be silent.
Afterthought: The Booman, quite coincidently, brings this quotation to life in describing what happens when war for a lie becomes a policy, rather than a crime.
(And yes, I know that Iraq is the Great and Glorious Patriotic War for a Lie. It is because of Iraq that Afghanistan went from a war of purpose to the “War of Because of We Are Already There–Oh, Well.” Both courtesy of the Previous Federal Administration.
