To be sure, politicians are in some respects acting logically and rationally, if not necessarily civic-mindedly, when they choose to focus on areas with active citizens and organizations.

[…] the vision of all the separate terrors, anguishes, uprootings and rendings apart […]

If the faith in the rulers is so great and faith in the people to to curb excessive, then one needs no elaborate Constitution, because all that is required is to make the Parliament omnipotent and omnisovereign.

Four plus one is 5 and you go down because it's minusing, […]