Neutrality: August 2007

This is what I think about the presidential debates of 2007:

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"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent." Thomas Jefferson

"For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead." Thomas Jefferson

"Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state." Thomas Jefferson

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a monied aristocracy that has set the government at defiance. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people to whom it properly belongs." Thomas Jefferson

"Taste cannot be controlled by law." Thomas Jefferson

"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." Thomas Jefferson

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." George Washington

"It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company." George Washington

" A nation that destroys it's soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little." Franklin Delano Roosevelt

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." Teddy Roosevelt

"A nation must have no discord. No complaints or quarrels." Adolph Hitler

"When facism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the American flag." Huey Long

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