Whenever citizens are seen routinely as enemies of their own government, writers are rountinely seen to be the most dangerous enemies.
E. L. DoctorowThe voice of the Constitution is the inescapably solemn self-consciousness of the people giving the law unto themselves.
E. L. DoctorowIn the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.
E. L. Doctorow