• Contemplation On TRUE Meaning Of Patriotism •
"Two hundred and two Septembers after the creation of our Bill
of Rights, Attorney General John Ashcroft drafted a document
that has eroded our Constitutional rights and broken down the
mutual trust between the American people and their
government -- and between Americans and each other -- by
making suspects out of all of us.
"That is not the act of a patriot.
"A true Patriot Act is not born out of fear, but out of trust; it is
not born out of division, but out of community; it is not born
out of suspicion, but out of faith in each of us.
"We need to remind this administration what a Patriot Act is.
"A neighbor lends a hand to a friend in need that is a Patriot
Act.
"A mother struggles for her children's future that is a Patriot
Act.
"An immigrant becomes a member of our American family that
is a Patriot Act.
"Men and women risk life and limb on behalf of our country
through our armed services that is a Patriot Act.
"Americans come together as a community and as a country to
declare their values, their rights, and their very independence
that is a Patriot Act, as it was in 1776 and as it is over two
hundred years later and as it will be, through our actions, over
two hundred years from now."
• Dr. Howard Dean, M.D. • Candidate For USA Democratic
Presidential Nomination
12:30:15 AM
