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Tierra_y_Libertad

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4. +1 In a democracy we're not supposed to "trust" the government.

Reply to closeupready (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 17, 2015, 05:29 PM

Feb 2015

Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.

Thomas Jefferson

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Why in some countries vaccines from the West are unpopular [View all] csziggy Feb 2015 OP

Then there's this Man from Pickens Feb 2015 #1

True - health services should not be involved with intelligence operations csziggy Feb 2015 #2

Right, and the government is being honest here because they really mean it this time. closeupready Feb 2015 #3

+1 In a democracy we're not supposed to "trust" the government. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2015 #4