"They wake, while the people sleep. Entirely taken up with
the thoughts of their own power, they live but to increase it. Deeply versed in
the management of public business, they see at once all the possible consequences
of measures.
"And, as they have the exclusive direction of the springs of
government, they give rise, at pleasure, to every incident that may influence
the minds of a multitude who are not on their guard; ever active in turning to
their advantage every circumstance that happens, they equally avail themselves
of the tractableness of the people during public calamities, and its
heedlessness in times of prosperity....
Social Leader Daily by Oliver DeMille
