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June 03 Quotes to Ponder.."If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."
- James Madison, fourth US president (1751-1836) "As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air - however slight - lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." - William O. Douglas, judge (1898-1980) "It is not the function of our government to keep the citizens from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error." --Justice Robert H. Jackson "It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of one of those liberties which make the defence of our nation worthwhile." - Earl Warren, jurist (1891-1974) "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." - Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (1809-1865) Oh.. and let's not forget about this one...
"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship ...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger." - Hermann Goering, Nazi leader, at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II Does this sound familiar? March 18 Big spending and picking on the poor and middle class...It looks like government spending is at an all time high. It's a good thing the administration can use the IRS to go after lower and middle income tax dodgers.... |
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