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Old 11-13-09, 10:39 PM   #1
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After all we had just been attacked on our own soil by terror... Im sorry a 'man made disastor'.
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These are dangerous times. When we are afraid, we want to be protected, and since we can not protect ourselves against such horrors as mass murder by bombers, we are tempted to run to the government.

A government that is always willing to trade the promise of protection for our freedom, which left, as always the question: how much freedom are we willing to relinquish for such a bald promise?
- Gerry Spence From Freedom to Slavery (1995)
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Old 11-13-09, 11:06 PM   #2
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- Gerry Spence From Freedom to Slavery (1995)
“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
::Benjamin Franklin::
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Old 11-13-09, 11:29 PM   #3
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Sorry, the post title reminded me of these:

2nd term


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Old 11-14-09, 04:21 AM   #4
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“Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.”
::Benjamin Franklin::
Those who would sacrifice freedom for peace deserve neither.
Rodney Pack U.S.M.C. 1991-1998

Good post.
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