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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Patriot Act...
...is the first thing that came to mind when I read the quote by Daniel Webster:
"Good intentions will always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
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The Patriot Act... (Original Post)
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jun 2012
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Township75
(3,535 posts)1. This thing is still around? I don't hear about it anymore.
Is there a sunset on it?
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)2. No sunset to my knowledge...
...but there ought to be, at least some of it.
MrDiaz
(731 posts)3. The Patriot Act
Is a rights killer, and i can't believe we re-signed it, this and the tax cuts are a few of the things I can't agree on with Obama.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)6. True
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)4. Me, I prefer Samuel Johnson's take on the issue: "Patriotism is the
last refuge of a scoundrel."
Good Webster quote, though, and very true.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)5. Thanks