That's how the saying goes, right Rudy?"Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."
If hillary clinton had said that, people here would be ripping her left and right.
But since it's a guy with an (R) by his name, it will be praised as an act of courage by somoene who is 'tough on crime'.
Don't you just love it?
"someone" not "somoene". Grr.
Good grief
The ultimate authority rests with the people.
Rudy won't have my support.
what ever happened to "anyone elses lawful freedom ends where my lawful freedom begins"? (or however it went)
Actually, that's close to what John Locke said.
But I doubt Rudy means it in quite the same way.
Cherry pick? Just like the NYTimes? You're better than that.
From the actual transcript -
"-Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.
[ Interruption by someone in the audience. ]
You have free speech so I can be heard.
[ Another interruption. ] -"
Apparently, someone in the audience saw the same danger in his words!
Freedom can't be about authority, because authority always ends up taking our freedoms.
""Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."
If hillary clinton had said that, people here would be ripping her left and right.
But since it's a guy with an (R) by his name, it will be praised as an act of courage by somoene who is 'tough on crime'."
Yep.
There are three kinds of power: raw force, manipulation , and authority. Authority means the rightful use of power. As has been said many times, ours is an ordered liberty.
He doesn't need to count on my vote. I'll sit this one out before I'll vote for this kind of a Republican.
That's how the saying goes, right Rudy?