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Thread #61303 Message #991456
Posted By: Alice
27-Jul-03 - 11:36 AM
Thread Name: BS: Howard Dean's Blog
Subject: RE: BS: Howard Dean's Blog
From a Dean flyer on the subject of patriotism:
"If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." George Washington
"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." James Madison
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." Susan B. Anthony
"It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority." "Those who give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Benjamin Franklin
"War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies instead of indemnifying losses." Thomas Jefferson
"I am deeply concerned by Bush administration policies that threaten our basic civil liberties and the freedoms that we as Americans have fought so hard to protect throughout our history." Howard Dean on "homeland security", April 2003