One of the conservative groups that I have print on my Facebook had a couple of great quotes today:
1. Paraphrased roughly, obedience to federal authority is not patriotism. We want to respect authority and be law-abiding citizens but when the feds are too intrusive, abusive, confiscatory and regulatory, it is time to disobey. That is a patriotic act--indeed resisting tyranny is a constitutional and divinely imposed obligation.
2. Paraphrased roughly, patriotism is the love of country, not the love of the government. The apostles of big government love power only, and they do not respect, listen to or love the citizens. Rather, it is patriotic to resist tyrants and sniveling, petty functionaries.
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