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To: fella

>> “People sleep soundly in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

Who are you quoting here? I’ve forgotten who it was that said this.


12 posted on 07/23/2017 2:15:48 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

George Orwell.


14 posted on 07/23/2017 2:52:59 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: fortes fortuna juvat

Loosely paraphrased by Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men.

You want me on that wall, you need me on that wall.


17 posted on 07/23/2017 8:02:47 PM PDT by ro_dreaming (Chesterton, 'Christianity has not been tried and found wanting. It's been found hard and not tried')
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To: fortes fortuna juvat
"We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us." -- Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797

By the "Father of Conservatism" Edmund Burke - though George Orwell once made reference to this quote in an essay on Rudyard Kipling, so the quote often gets misattributed to him.

20 posted on 07/24/2017 10:34:34 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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