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To: rabscuttle385
Tom Ridge reflected the attitude of the Bush administration when he announced, "Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens." If freedom is a gift from the government to the people, then government can take freedom away at its pleasure.

On March 1999, presidential candidate George W. Bush declared during a press conference, "There ought to be limits to freedom."

132 posted on 12/24/2009 9:16:50 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (People should not be afraid of the government. Governement should be afraid of the people)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker; Bokababe; sickoflibs; mkjessup
On March 1999, presidential candidate George W. Bush declared during a press conference, "There ought to be limits to freedom."

You are correct.

Quote:

When asked at a news conference in May what he thought about the site, Bush let loose, saying it was produced by a "garbage man" and suggesting that "there ought to be limits to freedom"--a line Bush's online critics have vowed to never let the world forget.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/29/002r-112999-idx.html

135 posted on 12/24/2009 9:20:47 PM PST by rabscuttle385 (Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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