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A quotation from Henry Commager
Who are those who are really disloyal? Those who inflame racial hatreds, who sow religious and class dissensions. Those who subvert the Constitution by violating the freedom of the ballot box. Those who make a mockery of majority rule by the use of the filibuster. Those who impair democracy by denying equal educational facilities. Those who frustrate justice by lynch law or by making a farce of jury trials. Those who deny freedom of speech and of the press and of assembly. Those who press for special favors against the interest of the commonwealth. Those who regard public office as a source of private gain. Those who would exalt the military over the civil. Those who for selfish and private purposes stir up national antagonisms and expose the world to the ruin of war.
Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8XQySEb1d6w&pp=ygUJaWhpcCBuZXdz
#IHIPNews #DonLemon is the canary in the coalmine! If you ignore this, everyone else is next!!! #ProtectJournalists NOW!
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
In a self-governing country the people are called citizens. Under a despotism or autocracy the people are called subjects. This is because in a free country the people are themselves sovereign, while in a despotic country the people are under a sovereign. In the United States the people are all citizens, including its President. The rest of them are fellow citizens of the President. In Germany the people are all subjects of the Kaiser. They are not his fellow citizens, they are his subjects.
This is the essential difference between the United States and Germany, but the difference would vanish if we now submitted to the foolish or traitorous persons who endeavor to make it a crime to tell the truth about the Administration when the Administration is guilty of incompetence or other shortcomings. Such an endeavor is itself a crime against the nation. Those who take such an attitude are guilty of moral treason of a kind both abject and dangerous.Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1918-04-06), “Citizens or Subjects?” Kansas City StarMore info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…
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If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be. The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents. There is no safe deposit for these but with the people themselves; nor can they be safe with them without information. Where the press is free, and every man able to read, all is safe.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)
Letter (1816-01-06) to Charles YanceySourcing, notes: wist.info/jefferson-thomas/759…
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[The people] have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean, of the characters and conduct of their rulers.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Essay (1765-09-30), “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 3, Boston GazetteSourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/34259/
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New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat - The suit, brought by a specialist in Russian disinformation, cites parallels with the rec... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/technology/defamation-suit-fox-nina-jankowicz.html #threatsandthreateningmessages #disinformationgovernanceboard #suitsandlitigation(civil) #dominionvotingsystemscorp #rumorsandmisinformation #jankowicznina(1989-) #freedomofthepress #newsandnewsmedia #libelandslander #foxnewschannel #carlsontucker
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Fox News Suffers Major Setback in Its Defamation Case - The judge said the case would still need to proceed to trial, for a jury to weigh whether... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/business/fox-dominion-defamation-case.html #voterfraud(electionfraud) #suitsandlitigation(civil) #dominionvotingsystemscorp #courtsandthejudiciary #decisionsandverdicts #freedomofthepress #libelandslander #foxnewschannel #votingmachines #trumpdonaldj