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Take this:

The autumn olive,

Last fruit of the year

After the apple, the wild grapes have flown

It swells red and speckled among silver leaves.

Roll its rough skin around your tongue,

Savor the mouthdrying tartness

But taste only a few

For it is so full of summer, this late fruit

that too many are poison.

Finally,

Sucked clean of its long months

send this tiny, hard seed

to begin another season

Of course the people don’t want war. But after all, it’s the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it’s always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it’s a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger. — Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials

Source: Gilbert, G.M. Nuremberg Diary; New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1947

“Hey Lois, look! The two symbols of the Republican party. An elephant and a big fat white guy who’s threatened by change.” – Peter Griffin, Family Guy