[Because I’m just in a gloomy mood…]
As time marches on, history repeats ~
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence
of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the
public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the
profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people,
in order to betray them.”
~ Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833
