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I'm the lamest lame duck there could be.
I'm the lamest lame duck there could be.
Patriotism has its roots deep in the instincts and the affections. Love of country is the expansion of dutiful love.
Patriotism has its roots deep in the instincts and the affections. Love of country is the expansion of dutiful love.
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their read more
It is the invariable habit of bureaucracies, at all times and everywhere, to assume...that every citizen is a criminal. Their one apparent purpose, pursued with a relentless and furious diligence, is to convert the assumption into a fact. They hunt endlessly for proofs, and, when proofs are lacking, for mere suspicions. The moment they become aware of a definite citizen, John Doe, seeking what is his right under the law, they begin searching feverishly for an excuse for withholding it from him.
It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.
It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.
We are the people our parents warned us about.
We are the people our parents warned us about.
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. read more
Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications are that such an impairment is brought about not by strengthening the individual and pitting him against the possessors of power, but by distributing and diversifying power and pitting one category or unit of power against the other. Where power is one, the defeated individual, however strong and resourceful, can have no refuge and no recourse.
What is possible is our highest duty.
What is possible is our highest duty.
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
