The sad heartbreak of the nation that imagines its government to be God
Naive Americans imagine that our public institutions can cure all ills and prevent all evil, if only we will support them enough. Wise Americans know there is only one kind of power capable of that
You want to know the most ironic thing about people who insist they don't believe in a higher power? A lot of them sure seem to want one.
Think back to when you were a kid. Maybe in school you were asked what you thought the president should do, or what the government should do. You were a kid. So there's a pretty good chance you said the president or the government should do things like: