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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Neocon who wrote (284840)8/8/2002 2:23:33 PM
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Re: "We are much freer than we were at the time of the Founding, or in the 1830's, when De Toqueville visited."

>>> By many measures, yes. By other measures (the percent of personal income captured by Government, the decline of personal privacy or property rights, criminalization of many activities...) perhaps we are much less 'free'.

>>> I would say that the American experiment in 'freedom' has often experienced back-sliding, as well as advances.

>>> History suggests that freedom not defended is soon lost.
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