Yet another hoax in the

Yet another hoax in the news: You’ve probably heard that Barbra Streisand, at the Democratic fundraiser in Hollywood, purported to quote Shakespeare in support of her anti-war position and later admitted that she had fallen for an internet fabrication. Until today, however, I hadn’t seen the quote that she attributed to Shakespeare. Here it is:
“Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind

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