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To: NoGrayZone

I read this quote from Jefferson today: “When the people are afraid of the government, that is tyranny. When the government is afraid of the people, that is liberty.”


11 posted on 07/04/2012 11:49:57 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

We need to get the government afraid of us. Unfortunately Jefferson’s first statement is where we are at now.

It’s going to be a long bloody battle.


14 posted on 07/04/2012 11:59:51 AM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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