Quote by James Bovard
It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people a

It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had. – James Bovard

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The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. – James Bovard

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relationship
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It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often very passive about what happens when the government violates those rights. – James Bovard

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Government
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The vision that the founding fathers had of rule of law and equality before the law and no one above the law, that is a very viable vision, but instead of that, we have quasi mob rule. – James Bovard

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope. – Winston Churchill

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To me, the American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom. – Maya Lin

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The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech – the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of… the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time. – William Hague

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None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free. – Pearl S. Buck

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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. – Frederick Douglass

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If you have nothing to be grateful for check your pulse. – Author Unknown

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Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else. – Joseph Heller

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And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and – my father is a big fight fan – and I said, Dad, I got a couple of days off and Im getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali. – Wilt Chamberlain

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