Mike Billy

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May 6, 2013

Laws are like cobwebs…

“Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.” - Jonathan Swift

— Mike Billy (@MikeBilly)

May 6, 2013

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May 6, 2013

If you’re not a terrorist, if you’re not a threat, prove it… This is the price you pay to live in free society right now. It’s just the way it is.

NYPD Sgt. Ed Mullins

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June 25, 2012

We had thought, or our forefathers had, that modern liberal democracy would be spared the kind of erosion and decay that both Plato and Aristotle declared endemic in all forms of state. Now we are not so sure.

Robert Nisbet

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