All those instances to be found in history, whether real or fabulous,
of a doubtful public spirit, at which morality is perplexed, reason
is staggered, and from which affrighted Nature recoils, are their
chosen and almost sole examples for the instruction of their youth.
-- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
-- Reflections on the Revolution in France,
-- Letter i, On a Regicide Peace, Vol. v, p. 311
