the liberals who made our revolution believed in the model of Cincinnatus rather than Caesar. Cincinnatus was the Roman general who retired to his farm; Caesar conquered and became a dictator. This pattern, of renouncing violence once its immediate ends are met, is deeply imprinted in the liberal temperament. It’s why Grant and Eisenhower, victorious generals, took office in business suits (and often preferred other business-suited people to soldiers).
