What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

What better way for a ruling class to claim and hold power than to pose as the defenders of the nation.

对于统治阶级来说，有什么比摆出保卫国家的姿态更好的方式来要求和掌握权力呢?

-- Christopher Hitchens 克里斯托弗·希钦斯