Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that …

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined. Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry, during Virginia’s Ratification convention in 1788, 3 Elliot at 45, Debates In The Virginia Convention

Both candidates are also advocates of a fascist system, one in which …

Both candidates are also advocates of a fascist system, one in which thegovernment has the power to incarcerate and punish people for violating sillygovernment rules and regulations that govern peaceful conduct. Drug lawsare an almost perfect manifestation of the fascist mindset. So are the prosecution, conviction, and punishment of such entrepreneurs as Martha Stewart and Michael Milken….Yes, ita is true that there are variations between your standard Republican and Democratic candidates, but they are simply differences of degree, not of principle. Jacob G. Hornberger
September 22, 2004

If this country should ever reach the point where any man or …

If this country should ever reach the point where any man or group of men, by force or threat of force, could long defy the commands of our courts and our Constitution, then no law would stand free from doubt, no judge would be sure of his writ, and no citizen would be safe from its neighbors. Bob Barr
U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga. AP, Dec 18, 1998

It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history…. […

It is the Soviet Union that runs against the tide of history…. [It is] the march of freedom and democracy which will leave Marxism-Leninism on the ash heap of history as it has left other tyrannies which stifle the freedom and muzzle the self-expression of the people. Ronald Wilson Reagan
President, speech to Britain’s Parliament (1982) E

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