♦ nivek ♦ Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 "Apologists for activist government never tire of telling us that the benevolent state is our protector and that without it we'd be at the mercy of monsters. It is about time that we understood that the U.S. government does more to endanger the American people than any imagined monsters around the world…by pursuing its Grand Foreign Policy of meddling anywhere and everywhere." -- Sheldon Richman V.P. of Future of Freedom Foundation, author Source: Liberty, Security, and the War on Terrorism (2010) http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Sheldon.Richman.Quote.D296 "If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship he would keep it in port forever." -- Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) Italian philosopher and theologian http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Aquinas.Quote.641E "Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.8B36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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