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Protagoras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 03:49 AM
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Eternal Vigilance
My favorite tonight:

"Free government is founded in jealousy, not confidence. It is jealousy and not confidence which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind those we are obliged to trust with power.... In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in men, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." -- Thomas Jefferson, 1799

pretty prophetic isn't it.

Great list of more here: http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/cis120/Freedom&Liberty.html
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neoblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 04:26 AM
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1. Titularly Obvious
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." -- Thomas Jefferson

Probably due to the relatively easy time we've had since the 70's... it would seem we were caught sleeping (or at least we failed to adequately address the threat posed by the rise of the right in time). Just means it will be a bit more difficult to restore order, if we act now and with passion.
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Peter Frank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 04:49 AM
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2. I know it sounds wierd but, follow the money that's undoing our republic
Q Who has bought the "Right?"

A Rev Sun Myung Moon


Moonies use Washington Times as Front Group to Gain Power and Legitimacy


On Tuesday, May 21st 2002, controversial religious figurehead, alleged cult leader and self-proclaimed Messiah Sun Myung Moon, is to sponsoring a banquet celebrating the newspaper's 20th anniversary. A substantial list of host Senators, Representatives and other politicians think they are supporting just a conservative newspaper, but are unwittingly endorsing the Moon agenda. Mr. Moon has used the newspaper along with U.P.I. to develop his power base for his ambitions­to establish and "automatic theocracy" in which he runs the world. Despite a politically conservative pro-family slant, the Times has also been the paper of choice for several Christian groups who are apparently unaware of Moon's true theology.

"The public thinks that the Moonies have gone away. They haven't. They have been quite busy in recent years, focusing their recruitment efforts to politicians, business people and even Christian clergy," says Steven Hassan, former Moonie, author, licensed counselor and mind control expert. "They are still deceptive and quite dangerous," Hassan says, "Back in 1974-1976, Moon talked about setting up a global infrastructure so that when the world economy faltered, we would be there to feed people and give them jobs."

Moon's stated ambitions include the establishment of a one-world government run as an automatic theocracy by Moon and his leaders. "Bush's faith-based initiative seems to be ideal to help them in their quest for a one world theocratic government," Hassan says, "I am sure President Bush is not aware that Moon has repeatedly said that America (and democracy) is Satanic."<snip>


http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/groups/m/moonies/wash_times_20.htm
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Protagoras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 01:16 PM
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3. another very odd one from the list
"The trade-off between freedom and security, so often proposed so seductively, very often leads to the loss of both." -- Christopher Hitchens in the August, 2003 issue of Reason.

I have a hard time believing CH ever said anything like this but as Jack Germond used to say "Even a blind fat sow occassionally finds an acorn"
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