Every generation must resist the temptation to believe that it lives in the most dangerous time in American history. The threat of Islamic terrorism is real, but it is not the greatest danger ever faced by our nation. ...Speak on, brother.
Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
Monday, August 16, 2004
Embracing the enemy
Remember what I said the other day about how civil liberties (privacy in that case) can be an area where left and right cross? "Take your allies where you find them," I said. With that in mind, this is from an August 10 column by conservative Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul, on Antiwar.com.
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