As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board.
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My view is that we cannot be ruled by fear. When we do that, we are not making ourselves see. We are not thinking things through. We are not looking at what works.
Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
The rule of law is the basis for any democracy. And without the rule of law in democracy, you have chaos.
If, through death penalty, we can create fears, though it's against my will, we have to do it.
Part of the reason that the government's fear mongering is succeeding is because so many people are so ignorant, that it is easier for government to frighten people in submission.
So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
Governments sometimes turn paranoid. And they fear things. And sometimes the thing they fear the most is the populace.
Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.
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