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To: NoobRep
Our founders were well aware of the eventual threat of tyranny. To quote Jefferson

"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive."
18 posted on 07/19/2009 8:14:22 AM PDT by orinoco
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To: orinoco

And the Amazing thing was that T. Jefferson was President! The same which under false pretenses now occupies..


23 posted on 07/19/2009 8:49:46 AM PDT by JSDude1
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To: orinoco

“A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government. “
~George Washington


67 posted on 07/20/2009 10:41:54 AM PDT by Idabilly
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