1871

. . . plus c'est la même chose.

2011

But don't forget that the depredations of the “trusts” and the political machines in the late 19th Century brought on the progressive reforms of Teddy Roosevelt, the most crucial of which was recently gutted by the Supreme Court in Citizens United, a decision that cannot stand, any more than the Dred Scott decision could stand — and a new era of reform will dawn for us, too, as soon as we get rid of the false progressives, like that empty suit in the White House.

I say it so it must be so.