Quote by Lyn Nofziger
The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the

The tree of liberty needs to be watered from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. – Lyn Nofziger

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I think the American people have become more reliant upon government and less reliant upon themselves and that they now tend to put security ahead of freedom, but I think freedom is the most important aspect of our lives. – Lyn Nofziger

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Freedom
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I sometimes lie awake at night trying to think of something funny that Richard Nixon said. – Lyn Nofziger

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funny
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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 aint. – Lyn Nofziger

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Freedom
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Patriotism
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In every society in human history, including the United States, those in power seek to imbue themselves with the attributes of religion and patriotism as a way of getting greater support for their policy and insulating themselves from any criticism. – George J. Mitchell

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Patriotism

Jews have had to carry around their own sense of self in a carpet bag and I think perhaps too much emphasis might be being put on nationality and on the other hand patriotism, that sort of thing. – Janet Suzman

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Patriotism

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. – George Bernard Shaw

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Patriotism

Many a bum show has been saved by the flag. – George M. Cohan

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Patriotism

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Well, my dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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dad

My movies have always done pretty well in the UK – The Matrix films did very well in this country and I do like the crews here and the people were working with here. – Joel Silver

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movies

A just thinker will allow full swing to his scepticism. I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot…. We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, 1860

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Thinking

Jesting is often only indigence of intellect. – Jean De La Bruyere

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Humor