The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be lead to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.- H.L. Mencken
I stumbled across this quote today and felt it applied to many things.
Personally, I refuse to fear hobgoblins.
Posted by michael at February 25, 2004 01:42 PM | TrackBackThat's exactly the way the hobgoblins want you to feel. Then it's easier for them to getcha.
Posted by: Mister P. [http://misterp.blogspot.com] on February 25, 2004 02:53 PMNice quote. I read politics into it, and agree with it, but you could be referring to almost anything.
Posted by: Tim [http://geodog.thebishop.net] on February 28, 2004 12:52 AM