This quote sounds as if Mr. Beard were quoting it today--this very day! I agree with both "KS" and "Joe", and if you think The Patriot Act is bad, have you read The Patriot Act II which is before Congree right now? It's time to take this Nation back, and give it back to We The People, the people it was intended for in the first place. When I talk about tyranny and those that tread on our blessed Constitutional Rights, some people look at me as if I am the Anti-Christ!