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To: kabar

Even good people can do bad things, if they convince themselves it is for a noble purpose.


60 posted on 06/16/2013 6:53:40 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: PghBaldy

Agreed. The “ends justify the means” mentality can supersede laws and regulations. I don’t want such power in the hands of a few, unelected individuals. We saw such abuses under Hoover and now the IRS. There have to be institutional limits—not dependent on trust and “good men.”


67 posted on 06/16/2013 7:06:13 AM PDT by kabar
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