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Because Man is a Gregarious Animal
Tuesday, November 26, 2002Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
A country whose leader has the power to imprison any citizen whatsoever, on his order alone, and hold them indefinitely, in military custody, without access to the courts, without a lawyer, without any charges, their fate determined solely by the leader's arbitrary whim—that country is a tyranny, not a democracy, not a republic, not a union of free citizens.
"Rough Beast Slouching: The Birth of an American Tyranny," Chris Floyd, CounterPunch, November 23, 2002 [via Wealth Bondage]
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Power Corrupts
John Ashcroft on snooping:The administration's interest in all e-mail is a wholly unhealthy precedent, especially given this administration's track record on FBI files and IRS snooping. Every medium by which people communicate can be subject to exploitation by those with illegal intentions. Nevertheless, this is no reason to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open our ATM records, read our medical records, or translate our international communications.
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