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Dennis Kucinich: “9/11 was a great tragedy. An even greater tragedy is the destruction of our Bill of Rights. The PATRIOT Act gives the…”

On the recordJuly 8, 2004
9/11 was a great tragedy. An even greater tragedy is the destruction of our Bill of Rights. The PATRIOT Act gives the government the right to search library reading lists. Our government should not care what people are reading; it should care that our people can read. Fear passed the PATRIOT Act, and fear will destroy our democracy. When Francis Scott Key wrote that ``Star Spangled Banner,'' he raised a question: Does that star spangled banner yet wave, over the land of the free and the home of the brave? He made the connection between freedom and bravery, between courage and democracy. This is a time for America to have courage. Courage, America. Freedom, America. Liberty, America. Support the Sanders amendment.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio
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Addressing concerns about the PATRIOT Act and its impact on civil liberties.

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