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Iwillnevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 12:41 AM
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Well said, Patrick Henry!

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”.

- Patrick Henry -
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 12:42 AM
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1. My god, the man was psychic!
K&R
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pinboy3niner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 12:46 AM
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2. Yeah, but the 'baggers would also cheer the quote...
...seeing it, as everything else, in a funhouse mirror.
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Iwillnevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 12:56 AM
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3. Indeed
I could really picture someone like Bernie Sanders saying this.
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Xicano Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 12:58 AM
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4. +100
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