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Paul Broun: “It is the tyranny of the majority. And it's tyranny that destroys freedom and liberty in this country. And I say liberty…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2010
It is the tyranny of the majority. And it's tyranny that destroys freedom and liberty in this country. And I say liberty and freedom. Let me define liberty for you, Mr. Speaker, because I see them differently. Liberty is freedom bridled by morality. A wild dog is free. True freedom for everybody is anarchy. But we have liberty in this country. Liberty is where my freedom ends, where yours begins, where you and I can come together in a society and we can work for a common good. That is what our Founding Fathers very firmly believed. That is what I believe. We need to work together for our common good. We are supposed to be, under the Constitution, a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, not a government over the people.
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Paul Broun
Republican · Georgia
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Feb 22, 2010

Editor's note · Context

The speaker discusses the concept of liberty versus tyranny in the context of American governance.

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