Governments have always been wary of the arts because they're wayward and ambiguous and because they deal with feelings rather than facts.
“That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other.”
“I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems.”