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Jim's Quote of the Day:
"There are those in America today who have come to depend absolutely on
government for their security. And when government fails they seek to rectify
that failure in the form of granting government more power. So, as government
has failed to control crime and violence with the means given it by the Constitution,
they seek to give it more power at the expense of the Constitution. But in doing
so, in their willingness to give up their arms in the name of safety, they are
really giving up their protection from what has always been the chief source
of despotism—government. Lord Acton said 'power corrupts.' Surely then,
if
this is true, the more power we give the government the more corrupt it will
become. And if we give it the power to confiscate our arms we also give up the
ultimate means to combat that corrupt power. In doing so we can only assure that
we will eventually be totally subject to it." - Ronald Reagan
