Just change the word "liberty" to "the rich and powerful in the United States" and you'll have a five-star quotation.

Wake up, all of you. This country has offered one of the greatest freedoms, that of speech, but to think it is the fount of liberty is to be totally ignorant of history. Do you actually think the Mexican "Cession," the Spanish-American War,the 100-plus invasions of Central America and the Caribbean, World War I, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan were wars to protect America or to bring democracy to those peoples? Read some Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, and a few other liberal---yes, liberals, the people who have been responsible for all the real progress in this country.

I think Anonymous is right again. If only we had more responses like his this website would be vastly improved.

Except that the despots have learned how to foil democracies. They have used power and control of media and minds of people to create two political sides of the same coin. After raping working people with the Republican party, they elect the Democratic (same) party to continue the raping.

Don't forget the greatest barrier to freedom of inquiry and the pursuit of a better world for all human beings is religion. Faith is a killer of inquiry, a blinder of fact and reason.

Thank you, Judith and Reston. And, Ken, yes we do have a fascist government and media but there is a vast difference in the rightists (fascists) and real liberals. You can get some real truth from sites like Truthout, MoveOn, CommonDreams, Peace'Action and others on the web. And be aware that fascists will be doing everything they can do to destroy the internet.

Let's admit Reagan was an idiot.

An ill chosen quotation with questionable relevance.