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Originally Posted by powerclown
On second thought, I'm going to erase my mock-post above, but I remain bewildered that people in America, circa 2007, live in fear of their own government. I can't fathom it.
What has America come to? Are we even the same species that discovered and created this great country 200+ years ago?
That's a rhetorical question.
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A short list of people who feared and mistrusted government...
1. James Madison
2. Alexander Hamilton
3. George Washington
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Ben Franklin
6. George Mason
7. Patrick Henry
I consider myself to be in some pretty good company.
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"no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything. You cannot conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him."
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