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There are three kinds of belief in America - sports, politics and religion; but at least the first is honest in its triviality. It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve. – Henry George

2006-11-12 15:09:52 · 6 answers · asked by big-brother 3 in Politics & Government Politics

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We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.--Edward R. Murrow

I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave.--H.L. Menken

Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.--attributed to Ben Franklin but actually spoken by another man of the time.

2006-11-12 15:15:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

I wouldn't use any political quotes; I'd tell them to get their heads out of their asses and start doing the job they were elected to do instead of acting in their own self interest.

2006-11-12 15:13:12 · answer #2 · answered by too funny 3 · 2 0

"George W. Bush doesn't care about black people." ---Kanye West

2006-11-12 15:12:48 · answer #3 · answered by el nombre 6 · 1 1

the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

2006-11-12 15:13:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 1 0

" Give me true liberity or give me death"

2006-11-12 15:11:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

'' Just trust me!''

2006-11-12 15:12:40 · answer #6 · answered by porcelain65711 3 · 1 0

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