To: steve86
If so then this demonstrates the nation is beyond saving. Libertine being substituted for liberty is a real clue. Seems the nation in its laudable form lasted about 200 years.
Exactly. You can either have a republic of mostly moral men, or you can have a dictatorship ruling men addicted to vice.
There is no other way.
67 posted on
03/15/2012 11:41:16 AM PDT by
Antoninus
(Goal #1: Defeat Romney. Goal #2: Defeat Obama. If we don't achieve both goals, 2012 is a loss.)
To: Antoninus
um, you forgot the word “free” in your little equation there sport.
To: Antoninus; steve86
If so then this demonstrates the nation is beyond saving. Libertine being substituted for liberty is a real clue. Seems the nation in its laudable form lasted about 200 years.
Exactly. You can either have a republic of mostly moral men, or you can have a dictatorship ruling men addicted to vice. There is no other way. You got it, fellas.
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