Liberty once again must become more important to us than the desire for security and material comfort. Personal safety and economic prosperity can only come as the consequence of liberty. They cannot be provided by an authoritarian government... The foundation for a police state has been put in place, and it's urgent we mobilize resistance before it's too late... Central planning is intellectually bankrupt – and it has bankrupted our country and undermined our moral principles. Respect for individual liberty and dignity is the only answer to government force, force that serves the politically and economically powerful. Our planners and rulers are not geniuses, but rather demagogues and would-be dictators -- always performing their tasks with a cover of humanitarian rhetoric... The collapse of the Soviet system came swiftly and dramatically, without a bloody conflict... It came as no surprise, however, to the devotees of freedom who have understood for decades that socialism was doomed to fail... And so too will the welfare/warfare state fail... A free society is based on the key principle that the government, the president, the Congress, the courts, and the bureaucrats are incapable of knowing what is best for each and every one of us... A government as a referee is proper, but a government that uses arbitrary force to direct every aspect of society threatens freedom... The time has come for a modern approach to achieving those values that all civilized societies seek. Only in a free society do individuals have the best chance to seek virtue, strive for excellence, improve their economic well-being, and achieve personal happiness... The worthy goals of civilization can only be achieved by freedom loving individuals. When government uses force, liberty is sacrificed and the goals are lost. It is freedom that is the source of all creative energy. If I am to be your president, these are the goals I would seek. I reject the notion that we need a president to run our lives, plan the economy, or police the world... It is much more important to protect individual liberty and privacy than to make government even more secretive and powerful.
I hate our current political party system. We are forced to choose between the "Nanny State" party and the "Ninny State" party. I admire Ron Paul's idealism but he is too far out on some issues. Good fences do in fact make good neighbors and having the biggest, baddest military on the planet makes a lot of sense to me even if you never use it. Where the heck is Teddy Roosevelt when you need him
Perhaps scattering ourselves all over the face of the earth chasing people whose weapon of choice was a box cutter, and bankrupting the country in the process, actually makes us weaker.
Perhaps scattering ourselves all over the face of the earth chasing people whose weapon of choice was a box cutter, and bankrupting the country in the process, actually makes us weaker.
No disagreement from me on that. Unfortunately the current administration is pursuing the exact same policy and doubling down on the debt.
I retitled this thread because this is actually much greater than one man it is a struggle to oppose the overwhelming oppression from american government.
Good change, the idea that we must oppose our own government when it infringes on our liberties without our consent is foreign to some here but I whole hardily support that idea.
Good change, the idea that we must oppose our own government when it infringes on our liberties without our consent is foreign to some here but I whole hardily support that idea.
I think Gypsy has just summarized the spark that should be the heart and soul of American patriotism in one simple statement. Like the new title, too.
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