"O, what a tangled web we weave
when first we practise to deceive!"
Sir Walter Scott, Marmion; A Tale of Flodden Field
"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."
Jerry Garcia
"Where such a shift in power is in favor of the governing elite, Power will achieve its murderous potential. It simply waits for an excuse, an event of some sort, an assassination, a massacre in a neighboring country, an attempted coup, a famine, or a natural disaster, to justify the beginning of murder en masse. Most state sponsored murder occurs under the cover of war, revolution, or guerrilla war, or in their aftermath."
R. J. Rummel