Who said this? - Democratic Underground

bean fidhleir

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Fri May-02-08 05:56 AM
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Who said this?

When any person is intentionally deprived of his constitutional rights those responsible have committed no ordinary offense. A crime of this nature, if subtly encouraged by failure to condemn and punish, certainly leads down the road to totalitarianism

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Law enforcement is a protecting arm of civil liberties. Civil liberties cannot exist without law enforcement; law enforcement without civil liberties is a hollow mockery. They are parts of the same whole--one without the other is a dead letter.

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hobbit709

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Fri May-02-08 06:03 AM
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1. J. Edgar Hoover believe it or not.

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bean fidhleir

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Fri May-02-08 11:04 AM
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2. Yes, and isn't that a *PERFECT* example of the difference between rhetoric and reality

If there's anyone in recent pre-BushCo history who was a bigger danger to the rule of law than J. Edgar, I can't think who it could have been, can you?

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