“Necessity”
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“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants, it is the creed of slaves.”
—William Pitt, House of Commons, November 18, 1783
This quote was attached to a post about the late Augusto Pinochet on This Modern World, but it’s so appropriate for some of the abuses that have come out of the Bush White House in the past few years, that I just couldn’t resist bringing it to your attention. Bush is bad but he’s no Pinochet, of course. Still, it’s not 2009 yet…
It’s time for a re-post of the Bush Countdown Clock, methinks…
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Posted by RebeccaHartong on December 25, 2006 under Uncategorized
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