In 18th Century England, those words were the standard operating procedure of a highway robbery. The movie “Tom Jones” (a Henry Fielding novel) and “Barry Lyndon” (a Thackeray novel), demonstrate the common procedures of such a highway robbery. Today, things are very different.
I tend to visualize those words being used whenever a Professional Politician of the UniParty encounters Donors, Lobbyists, Supporters, etc. – but the firearms are no longer necessary.
This is how money, expensive media political advertisements and extremely expensive political consultants and pollsters have turned America into a massive undrainable swamp in Washington and most state capitals.
