Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are. —H. L....
“WE CANNOT, SOME PEOPLE SAY, ANY longer afford as a nation to provide the safety nets for the poor and the infirm or for the people who fall down for no fault of their own,” he declares, incensed. “But how can that be true if we are now richer than we have ever been before?”1 His audience clearly...