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Quote from Harry Browne,


"...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn't say you have a right to speak out unless the government has a 'compelling interest' in censoring the Internet. The Second Amendment doesn't say you have the right to keep and bear arms until some madman plants a bomb. The Fourth Amendment doesn't say you have the right to be secure from search and seizure unless some FBI agent thinks you fit the profile of a terrorist. The government has no right to interfere with any of these freedoms under any circumstances."


By:

Harry Browne (more quotes by Harry Browne or books by/about Harry Browne)


(1933-2006) American libertarian writer, politician, and free-market investment analyst. Libertarian candidate for US President 1996 & 2000

Date:

1966

Categories:

Arms, Censorship, Constitution, Freedom, Police, Security, Speech, Terrorism

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