“Democrats complain with justice that Trump often violates longstanding norms of political behavior. But it’s increasingly hard to avoid the conclusion that leading members of the Obama administration, and perhaps Obama himself, abandoned the norm of legitimizing the peaceful and orderly transition of power, which goes back to John Adams in 1801 and was followed, grudgingly but faithfully, by Richard Nixon in 1960 and Al Gore in 2000.”
“Everything about socialism is sham and affectation.” - 23.11 Ch23 Evil - Economic Harmonies - Frederic Bastiat 1801-1850