so-soI read it cover to cover, but good reference book. I would have liked maps, there were none. State of the Art, Tourist Information, and Road Trip sidebars were unnecessary as well as Canadian provinces. I now most want to visit Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Washington, and Hawaii. I knew I already wanted to see Washington.
"In absolute governments the great nobles who are nearest to the throne flatter the passions of the sovereign, and voluntarily truckle to his caprices. But the mass of the nation does not degrade itself by servitude: it often submits from weakness, from habit, or from ignorance, and sometimes from loyalty."
-Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"
"The corruption of men who have casually risen to power has a course and vulgar infection in it which renders it contagious to the multitude."
Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"
""The will of the nation" is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age. To the eyes of some it has been represented by the venal suffrages of a few of the satellites of power; to others by the votes of a timid or an interested minority; and some have even discovered it in the silence of a people, on the supposition that the fact of submission established the right of command."
Thanks to @Karisa for introducing me to this poem. I‘ve read it over and over again this morning and also listened to James Earl Jones read it, plus this 🔥 video: https://youtu.be/AXz1wypzPS8?si=ouyKvgswv07T6CKB
Read it, listen to it, share it. And be in awe that this was written in 1935! Yet here we are. #readingispolitical #overcomingevilempires #antifabookclub
