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Le Taz Hot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 11:32 AM
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Thomas Jefferson . . .
"When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. "

We USED to know this. Egypt is reminding us how it's done.
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 12:09 PM
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1. But Jefferson didn't say it
http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/spurious-quotes
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Hydra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-30-11 12:16 PM
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2. He said that we need to have uprisings now and then to clear the air
He was right- look how bad things got as people did the good german thing and accepted that things were "complicated" and "dangerous" for them to know.

"Trust us!"
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