Speaking of Alexis de Tocqueville who wrote the book Democracy in America back in 1835 -- "The Frenchman wrote that those in authority in American government thought they had to watch over the citizenry. Their use of power was 'absolute, attentitive to detail, regular, provident and gentle.' The 'sovereign,' he continued, puts its arms around us through 'petty regulations' too complicated for anyone to figure out. He added that it 'does not tyrannize; it gets in the way; it curtails, it enervates, it extinguishes, it stupefies,' ultimately reducing the people to timid animals 'of which the government is the shepard.' One day, said Tocqueville, the despotism will grow nastier and harder ...'"
-- Jay Ambrose, syndicated columnist.
That day has arrived -- DWD
how profound with the government today
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