It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.
It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.

