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To: highball
The Tenth is the final refuge of the nanny state, and only the Ninth keeps us free.

Or one might posit: The Ninth is the final refuge of the anarchist, and only the Tenth keeps us civilized.

229 posted on 10/25/2005 7:31:49 AM PDT by VRWCmember (hard-core, politically angry, hyperconservative, and loaded with vitriol about everything liberal.)
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To: VRWCmember

One might, but I doubt the Founders would agree with you. They valued freedom more than anything, even civility.


230 posted on 10/25/2005 7:34:02 AM PDT by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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To: VRWCmember
Another thought - I doubt many of the Founders would have thought that Government "keeps us civilized."

Men keep themselves civilized - our government is not charged with controlling our behaviors.

231 posted on 10/25/2005 7:35:50 AM PDT by highball ("I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." -- Thomas Jefferson)
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