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“One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.”

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Lyn Nofziger

Lyn Nofziger was a distinguished American journalist recognized for his extensive career in political reporting. Born on June 8, 1924, and passing away on March 27, 2006, Nofziger's career spanned several decades, during which he covered significant political events and figures. He was a pivotal figure in the Washington political landscape and his insights were highly regarded. more

“The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions, it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.”

Source: Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers

“To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.”

Political Politics Freedom Liberty Dangerous Judging Ultimate Doctrine Despotism Property Rights Oligarchy Arbiter Judicial Branch Judicial Review

Book:Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson

Source: Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson

“When the representative body have lost the confidence of their constituents, when they have notoriously made sale of their most valuable rights, when they have assumed to themselves powers which the people never put into their hands, then indeed their continuing in office becomes dangerous to the state”

People Made States Body Hands Lost Freedom Liberty Rights Dangerous Office Valuable Representatives Continuing Constituents Founding Fathers Democracy

Book:The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private

Source: The writings of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings, official and private

“But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you-the social reformers-see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them.”