The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and
hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series
of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. -- H.L. Mencken
hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series
of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. -- H.L. Mencken
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