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The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

- James Bovard
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James Bovard
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It is amazing to think after all that has happened in this country in the last few years, the last few decades, that so many people have this blind faith that government is our friend and therefore, so we don't need protections against it.

Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.

This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal.

Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.

Entire generations of Americans have come of age since the ancient time when the president's power was constrained by a duty of candor to the American people.

As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.

Well, one of the first things is to restore the rule of law, to place the government back under the cage of law. Another thing is to stop falling for the myth of democracy.

It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

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The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.