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In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly
given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has
the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. <b>A
standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long
be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence against
foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at
home.</b> Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a
war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the
armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the
people.
<ul>
<li>Speech, <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Convention"
class="extiw" title="w:Philadelphia Convention">Constitutional
Convention</a> (<a
href="http://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=1787-06-29&action=edit&redlink=1"
class="new" title="1787-06-29 (page does not exist)">1787-06-29</a>),
from Max Farrand's <i>Records of the Federal Convention of
1787,</i> vol. I <a rel="nofollow" class="external
autonumber"
href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llfr&fileName=001/llfr001.db&recNum=494&itemLink=D?hlaw:5:./temp/%7Eammem_kmli::%230010495&linkText=1">[1]</a>
(1911), p. 465</li>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2013/06/08 04:45 PM, Kerry Brown
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<pre wrap="">Here is a Canadian perspective on this. How many other governments are doing this?
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6869/125/">http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6869/125/</a>
We are living in 1984. This is not just a privacy issue. It is a fundamental change in our western democratic values. The only way we can change this is by keeping this at the forefront in the media. It must be a top issue in all elections. That is the good thing about democracies. Change is possible. It may take a long time, but it is possible.
Kerry Brown
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