“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary."
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Love Mencken.
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Love it. Where's that from?
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It's from me.
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When all is calm, we do not feel safe, because danger is hiding long grass
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Something very satisfying about being warm and dry, looking out at the rain highlights these two conditions in a way that can't be equalled.
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*recent nap during stormy ferry return from Kangaroo Island (while all around are queasy) springs immediately to mind*
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Nice reading this as I huddle by the radiator.
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I feel like that when I fly...I feel safer and more secure when there's turbulence.
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