“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”
H. L. Mencken, American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar
Written for Linda G. Hill’s One-Liner Wednesday prompt.
This, That, and the Other 
Good one
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Probably it is.
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I almost used this today. The Bard of Baltimore is a favorite of mine.
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He had quite the political wit.
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Our parliament, here in the UK is packed with Hobgoblins. We need a few wizards to help us through.
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Yeah, probably. There are spans of slight reprieve in this area or that area, again mainly to compose a sense of being safer in certain hands. And some leaders do some good (whether on the topic they put before you or not), but it’s shadows on the wall for the most part… or, is it better to say in large part.
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Well put
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well, that was a bit of a mouthful! Lol! 😛
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Absolutely
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