"People crushed by law have no hope but from power.
If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws;
and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose
will always be dangerous..."
by:
Edmund Burke
(1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker
Source:
Letter to the Hon. C. J. Fox, October 8, 1777
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    The occupying statist theocracy infesting this land is an ever increasing Police State with its crushing canons.
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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     -- jim k, austin tx      
    Pushed into a corner ! Hope forces the show of cards in the hand of the oppressed .
     -- Ron w13, Or     
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