Gaius Julius Caesar Quote

"Beware of the leader, who strikes the war drum in order to transfer the citizens into patriotic glow, patriotism is indeed a double-sided sword. It makes the blood so boldly, like it constricts the intellect. And if the striking of the war drum reached a fiebrige height and the blood is cooking and hating, and the intellect is dismissed, the leader doesn't need to reject the citizens rights. The citizens, cought by anxiety and blinded through patriotism, will subordinate all their rights to the leader and this even with happy courage. Why do I know that? I know it, because this is, what I did. And I am Gajus Julius Cäsar."

By:	Gaius Julius Caesar (more quotes by Gaius Julius Caesar or books by/about Gaius Julius Caesar)
	(100-44 B.C.) Dictator of the Roman Republic
Source:	Falsely attributed -- see http://www.snopes.com/quotes/caesar.htm
Categories:	Courage, War, Patriotism, Conscience, Usurpation, Tyranny
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