Originally posted by shanerz
I still wish I could find the quote, which was said by an author, whom JFK quoted.
It goes something like this:
"It should be illegal for a citizen to let any motives of their government go unquestioned."
It was a quote from an Athenian politician in the time it had a true democracy.
It has nothing to do with trust, it has everything to do with common sense. People with power want more power.
[edit on 7-6-2009 by shanerz]
I took European/Western History in college and I recall that Athens (could have been Rome, but I can't find anything on Google) also took people to vote, by force, against their will because some people did not care for participating, so I don't imagine that they wouldn't also want to imprison/punish people for not questioning their government.


