{"id":674,"date":"2009-02-02T11:38:27","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T16:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=674"},"modified":"2009-02-02T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T16:38:27","slug":"epigrams-from-terrorism-tyranny-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/02\/epigrams-from-terrorism-tyranny-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Epigrams from Terrorism &#038; Tyranny (2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February is Epigrams Month.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I will be posting epigrams from each of my books on this blog throughout this month.<\/p>\n<p>I would appreciate feedback on this list Are there any epigrams here that\u00a0seem like\u00a0clunkers and should be dropped?<\/p>\n<p>Are there lines that\u00a0should be moved closer to the top?<\/p>\n<p>Are there lines not on this list that I should have included?<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3034\/2889153688_ba3f4f29a5_m.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3034\/2889153688_ba3f4f29a5_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>Today&#8217;s entry is from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Terrorism-Tyranny-Trampling-Freedom-Justice\/dp\/1403966826\/ref=ed_oe_p\"><strong>Terrorism &amp; Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil<\/strong> <\/a>(Palgrave, 2003; Spanish edition, 2004):<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 The Patriot\u00a0 Act treats every citizen like a suspected terrorist and every federal agent like a proven angel.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Habeas corpus is an insurance policy to prevent governments from going berserk.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0It took less than a week for Washington politicians to transform the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s greatest debacle into its finest hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Like a Soviet historian, John Ashcroft rewrote the judicial history of the United States and expunged all the court decisions detailing and denouncing abuses by law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Most of the homeland security successes in the war on terrorism have been farces or frauds.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Nothing happened on 9\/11 that made the federal government more trustworthy.<\/p>\n<p>The worse government fails, the less privacy citizens supposedly deserve.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0There is power in information: the more information government gathers on people, the more power it has over them. The more government surveillance, the more intimidated Americans become.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0There is no technological magic bullet that will make the government as smart as it is powerful.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The U.S. government is far more efficient at making enemies than at defending Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Killing foreigners is no substitute for protecting Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Perpetual war inevitably begets perpetual repression. It is impossible to destroy all alleged enemies of freedom everywhere without also destroying freedom in the United States.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0A lie that is accepted by a sufficient number of ignorant voters becomes a political truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Citizens should distrust politicians who distrust freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0In the long run, people have more to fear from governments than from terrorists. Terrorists come and go, but power-hungry politicians will always be with us.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0Freedom will only be permanently secured when people cease craving power over other people. In other words, as long as human beings are human, freedom will be in peril.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February is Epigrams Month.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I will be posting epigrams from each of my books on this blog throughout this month. I would appreciate feedback on this list Are there any epigrams here that\u00a0seem like\u00a0clunkers and should be dropped? Are there lines that\u00a0should be moved closer to the top? 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