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The 99% Rule (nsfw)
Each time I read this quote, I can only think of the Patriot Act.
Tamerlin
on Aug 31, 2010
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When I think of the Pariot Act I think of what V said in V for Vendetta: The government should fear its people, never the other way around.
pivo
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Or Thomas Jefferson: "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
Tamerlin
on Sept 1, 2010
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Also an excellent quote, and entirely appropriate.
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