On Wed, 04 May 2011 08:54:07 -0700, John Smith
wrote:

Is there a time in history that any government was mostly trustworthy?


No. Just better ... and we actually imprisoned criminals when we found
them out ...

The powerful have mostly always been able to avoid that. Scapegoats
have always been available.

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"In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found,
than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison