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• The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny. -- Edward Abbey
• Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Righ
  An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny....
• The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship.
  The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an 'equalizer' Eqalite implies liberte....
• Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
• Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. -- Lazarus Long
• The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
  -- Montesquieu...
• All forms of government are pernicious, including good government. -- Edward Abbey
• Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. -- Edmund Burke