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'We should all be scared to death': Mike Lee would vote to repeal FISA
Washington Examiner ^ | January 04, 2020 07:21 PM | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 01/04/2020 7:40:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

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To: ChildOfThe60s
Power corrupts, Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

I would disagree with Acton's statement to this degree...
It is not power that corrupts. It is power without accountability that corrupts absolutely.

Power is inherent in the political process. It is the lack of accountability that destroys.

21 posted on 01/05/2020 9:54:28 PM PST by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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