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Mike Lee: Efficiency doesn't always lead to liberty, and frequently, it leads to exactly the opposite position.

On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
Efficiency doesn't always lead to liberty, and frequently, it leads to exactly the opposite position.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Lee emphasizes that efficiency can undermine liberty and warns against circumventing the Constitution.

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