Want to stop terrorism? Uphold the American Ideals!!!! UMAH-Universal Momvement Against Hypocrisy! Roots of Terrorism “The contest, for ages, has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.”-Daniel Webster (1762-1852) “The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.” -Daniel Webster (1762-1852) The world has gone through so many rulers the mentioning of which takes volumes of books. What they all had in common was the fear of an educated and informed public that could limit their power and question their agenda.  Education was valued, but it was for a few trusted elite who would not pose a threat to the rulers’ absolute power. “People” were kept in dark and were only allowed to master their traditional trades to support the system. Pecking order, bullying and competition for people's bodies, minds and pocketbooks was the name of the game.  Stronger kings robbed the weaker ones in the name of God and the kings' men robbed the people in the name of kings! Slavery was common, and even some "respectable people" were for sale. People were referred to as flocks. Like sheep, they were meant to be herded rather than to be heard from. Rulers exterminated their internal and external opposition. In doing this, ends always justified the means. In a relatively recent time this was called Machiavellianism-a sort of plagiarism, if you will. It was this fear of government that, deep in their heart, people were reluctant to entrust it with more power than they needed for a specific mission. As an example the Greek city-states did not form a federal government until they felt a strong need to confront the Persians. They were experts in banging the drums of war and then exploiting the people’s fear. The following passage, attributed to Julius Caesar, albeit not verified, summarizes the universal feeling of tyrannical rulers and their potential evil tendencies if not checked by the people. "BEWARE THE LEADER WHO BANGS THE DRUMS OF WAR IN ORDER TO WHIP THE CITIZENRY INTO A PATRIOTIC FEVER, FOR PATRIOTISM IS INDEED A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD. IT BOTH EMBOLDENS THE BLOOD, JUST AS IT NARROWS THE MIND. AND WHEN DRUMS OF WAR HAVE REACHED A FEVER PITCH AND THE BLOOD BOILS WITH HATE AND THE MIND HAS CLOSED, THE LEADER WILL HAVE NO NEED IN SEIZING THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENRY. RATHER, THE CITIZENRY, INFUSED WITH FEAR AND BLINDED BY PATRIOTISM, WILL OFFER UP ALL THEIR RIGHTS UNTO THE LEADER AND GLADLY SO." Does this sound familiar in today’s America? "No one man can terrorize the whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." -Edward R. Murrow "Dictatorship: A place where public opinion cannot even be expressed privately." -Walter Winchel "It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion." -Dean William R. Inge "Every decent man is ashamed of government he lives under." H.I. Mencken(1880-1956) "Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." -Mao Tse-Tung(1893-1976)