"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 by
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."
-- Julius Caesar
"Strez se vudce, ktery bije na bubny valky, aby vybicoval v lidu vlastenecky
zar, protoze patriotismus je dvoubrity mec. Povzbuzuje krev, tak jako
omezuje mysleni. A az bubny valky dosahnou horecne vyse a krev se vari
nenavisti a rozum se uzavre, nebude treba, aby vudce omezoval prava lidu.
Naopak, lid, naplnen strachem a slepy patriotismem, sam s radosti nabidne
sva prava vudci. Jak to vim? Protoze to je to, co jsem udelal. A ja jsem
Caesar."
-- Julius Caesar
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