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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (165894)7/30/2001 3:23:17 PM
From: goldworldnet  Respond to of 769670
 
"The monarchy in Britain. And they're still filthy rich. How come the Socialists haven't taken their wealth away?"

The Royal Family still receives a stipend from the British government.

BTW, thanks for that quote from George Washington's farewell address.

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To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (165894)7/30/2001 6:21:27 PM
From: CVJ  Respond to of 769670
 
Finally, an explanation for FDR.

But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual, and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.


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