>> "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty\u2014power is ever stealing
>> from the many to the few... . The hand entrusted with power becomes
>> ... the necessary enemy of the people. Only by continual oversight
>> can the democrat in office be prevented from hardening into a despot:
>> only by unintermitted Agitation can a people be kept sufficiently
>> awake
>> to principle not to let liberty be smothered in material prosperity."
>
> What is the source for this? Didn't read the beginning of this thread
> but I like this quote.
I'm pretty sure Barry Goldwater said this, exactly forty-two years ago, on April 1, 1964, in a Tupelo, Mississippi campaign appearance with Jackie Robinson. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 822 bytes Desc: not available URL: <../attachments/20060401/e640fa29/attachment.bin>