http://www.washingtonindependent.com/person/13315 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:51:15 GMT Comments by James Cumbie <p>Here is something to think about!</p> <p>Quote:<br />Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in every public institution, becomes a mere semblance of life, in which only the bureaucracy remains as the active element. Public life gradually falls asleep, a few dozen party leaders of inexhaustible energy and boundless experience direct and rule&#8230;. Such conditions must inevitably cause a brutalization of public life: attempted assassinations, shootings of hostages, etc.</p> <p>Author:Rosa Luxemburg <br />(1870�1919), German revolutionary. Prison notes, 1918.</p> <p>Here&#8217;s another one I think sums up this current administration!</p> <pre><code>Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.</code></pre><br /> <p>Author: Edmund Burke <br />(1729�1797), Irish philosopher, statesman</p> http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/in-solidarity-with#content_15529 http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/in-solidarity-with#content_15529 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:51:15 GMT James Cumbie