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To: jazusamo

“There is no safety for honest men, but by believing all possible evil of evil men, and by acting with promptitude, decision, and steadiness on that belief.” (Edmund Burke)

This is the first time I have read this quote. I am impressed by how prescient and insightful it is in regard to America today.


5 posted on 07/22/2013 1:22:28 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective
That's straight in line with Sowell's Conflict of Visions

Leftists believe that SOME men are superior and "good" and can be trusted with enough power to implement their "goodness" on the rest of us.

12 posted on 07/22/2013 1:37:17 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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