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Our Post-9/11 Tyranny and Oppression

TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 2023

Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced, continued, or concluded. They are barred from the latter functions by a great principle in free government, analogous to that which separates the sword from the purse, or the power of executing from the power of enacting laws.
James Madison, Helvidius No. 1 [August 24, 1793]

HORNBERGER’S BLOG

April 25, 2023

Our Post-9/11 Tyranny and Oppression
One of the positive aspects of my work here at The Future of Freedom Foundation has always been reading the correspondence I receive in response to the articles we publish. Yesterday, I received an email from a reader in response to my article “Flying Pre-9/11” that I thought I would share with you all.

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