"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."
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Edward R. Murrow
(1908-1965), American Broadcast Newsman
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 -- Anonymous 
 -- Anonymous, Reston, VA US 
How true this is today with the theocracy our President and his religious right friends are attempting to create! Patriot Acts are anything but patriotic!
 -- Rev. Len Ripley, Folly Beach, SC		 
100% correct. Also, we must show how freedom works by example ... NOT by shoving it down their (Iraqis, Afghanis, etc.) throats in the name of democracy. THEY must decide they want freedom and fight for themselves to get it, or WE will always be paying for them, both in dollars and lives. Without spilling their own blood for their freedom, they will never appreciate the freedom (or democracy) they have, and will detest us for giving it to them. The insurgents will become the "founding fathers" of their country, repelling the bad Americans.
 -- Joe, Rochester, MI		 
SO TRUE
 -- cyndeelouwho, BROWNS MILLS		 
Freedom: Use it or loose it. http://www.rosetreearts.com
 -- Gary, NYC		 
Wow! What a concept!! Repeal the Patriot Act!! Do you know how many rights you USED to have that you don't have now? How do you think they will return... ? Only when the People demand that the government follow the rules -- the Constitution.
 -- E Archer, NYC		 
True that is why we need the patriot act and other measures to protect us. The data mining of international calls to isolate communications with the terrorist groups is a perfect example of what needs done. We need leaders that are a bit bolder like presidents in the past that would have done much more that just the anemic patriot act.
 -- warren, olathe		 
They did decide they want freedom Joe. That is why they celebrated when the tyrants were deposed and why they are joining their countrymen in battle to keep what they now have. The combat death toll of Iraqi patriots fighting the terrorists is much higher than our troops suffer and they are continually increasing the size of their army and police force.
 -- warren, olathe		 
The Patriot Act, Home Land Security are pretty much the same thing as Hitler's Enabling Act and the Gestapo of 1936-45 Germany. And it was also for the security of the people....What a load of BS.No other excuse for tyranny has ever been given than: "for the good of the people".
 -- J Carlton, Calgary		 
The Patriot Act is like a watered down version of the executive orders of the FDR administration before and during WWII. I suspect this quote by Murrow was made during that period.
 -- Ken, Allyn, WA		 
The converse is also true: by deserting our home freedoms in joining a one world tyranny, freedom is lost to those abroad without defense.
 -- Mike, Norwalk		 
 -- Anonymous 
It saddens me to reflect on what it means about human nature, esp. when "bastioned" by religious "righteousness" and bigotry and the ability of the many to be corrupted as Franklin feared. The list of our loss is so large now that I only wish I were young so I could do more to try to restore what we once thought we had but were unsure even then.
 -- Dr. Tom LaMar, Keeseville, NY		 
Where are the Edward Murrow's of today - we need them urgently. Today, media reporters are told what to say and no longer have any ethics, those that do soon lose their program/jobs.
 -- Robken		 
This is a very Important topic and deserves much longer comments. When did America make the wrong turn, the result of which we are now experiencing? Was it 1913 on Jekyll Island; was it the embracing of the 1773 Rothschild gathering to rule the world; then in 1821 it began, the great mind switch: thesis plus antithesis equals synthesis, which we use to this very day. The list goes on - what do you think are and were the major wrong turns?
 -- Robken		 
In most cases America has been at war with freedom fighters, and as long as the American public are OK with it, our government calls these freedom fighters terrorists, and our wonderful media goes along for the ride - that is the Hegel syndrome - now they are performing black ops in Pakistan so that they have an excuse for going in to save the world. Now China and Russia enter the arena if America is stupid enough not to heed China's warning then it may well be WWIII.
 -- Robken		 
 
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