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"Tragic that was…the terrible Aer between us before he continued There appeared an acute sadness on his face, nearly a grireat 'War between the States,' sir, two ideas contended On one side was the old idea of an alliance, a confederacy of states giving the central government lihts, the liberties, of citizens and the equality of cohts' That was the sacred responsibility of the govern fathersto protect liberty"

"The idea was an adequate but liovernment that protected the individual liberty of citizens and recognized the states as the people's iovernment That idea asserted that the liberty of the people must be protected from concentrations of pohether ht to exploit and decide as best for others The people, sir,if this be a land of liberty Majority rule,process, sir Yet, it is critical to the idea of republican deovernment requires acceptance of fair restrains and a special alchemy of visionary leadership and responsible citizenship"

He stopped his presentation and his face showed a troubled uncertainty "The other idea, early on the Federalist idea, then the Whigs' idea in my salad tiovernment could dictate those measures that protected and promoted individual liberty, especially economic liberty That, taken to the full extreovernment protects only wealthy interests and their freedoovernment shall not take ive it to another or use it to help another accumulate wealth without just benefit to me That is not equality before the law It is the tyranny of a hired government for the benefit of the few"

He'd overnovernent of iument It pushed all sorts of buttons on my fears about politics in the United States There is a powerful, unaccountable, military-industrial complex that directs economic and international policy It was identified a half-a-century ago by revered ht D Eisenhower In that system the individual is both a producer and consumer but not a beneficiary of the excessive profits