September 27, 2009 - October 3, 2009

It still matters

September 29, 2009, 4:06PM

Just because there seem to be more pressing concerns with other issues, does not mean that torturers get to walk free.

Favorite Quotes "An avidity to punish is always dangerous to liberty. It leads men to stretch, to misinterpret, and to misapply even the best of laws. He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." Thomas Paine, "Dissertations on First Principles of Government", 1795

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