The very existence of flame-throwers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done.
“It is true that I have known Straussians almost all my life. And the one thing I was taught about them from the earliest age is that they are wrong.”
“Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned.”