Comments on: Quote Of The Day http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Stephen Macklin http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1391 Stephen Macklin Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:59:10 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1391 Government does indeed have a voracious appetite for our freedom and a tendency to nibble at the edges rather than try to take big bites.

It exhibited an unusual bit of gluttony with Campaign Finance Reform and Kelo. So much so that people began to notice. Hopefully people will continue to pay attention and start to notice the nibbles.

]]> By: John Newman http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1388 John Newman Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:11:34 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1388 The essential liberties of being free to speak our minds, to worship or not worship as we choose, the right to bear arms, etc., are about as basic and essential as you can get.

I don’t think we gave them up, they were slowly and cunningly stolen by our own government.

]]> By: Stephen Macklin http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1387 Stephen Macklin Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:12:21 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1387 So it’s Patrick Henry all the way then?

Or would a better phrasing of the question then be what constitutes essential liberty?

And perhaps more importantly where have we given it up?

]]> By: John Newman http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1382 John Newman Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:10:06 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1382 Stephen, this was addressed by Ben Franklin may years ago:
“They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.”

]]> By: Stephen Macklin http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1381 Stephen Macklin Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:28:36 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2006/06/26/quote-of-the-day-2/#comment-1381 The question of the day, of course, is where to draw that line when one of the inconveniences is being blown up by terrorists?

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