Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, among others. But claims that after the crises passed civil liberties were restored "stronger than ever." So fear not what is in the offing.
Post-war US liberties were usually restored after apalling abuses by the mendacious followed by intensive lobbing by civil rights activists. It'd be nice to cut the former phase short. Although, perhaps the better tactic is to let them run-amok. It certainly worked for the Netherlands. -- Julian Assange |If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people |together to collect wood or assign them tasks and proff@iq.org |work, but rather teach them to long for the endless proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery