Well, it works both ways. Conservatives (at least uncompromising ones) believe that we should give up certain privacy rights and the right not to be imprisoned without trial. They support suspending such rights in the belief that such government powers could protect us from terrorism. On the other hand, liberals believe that we should give the government control of much of our money to protect the poor. I give qualified agreement to the latter idea though none to the former as it is currently being carried out.

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"I am a Tory Anarchist. I should like every one to go about doing just as he pleased- short of altering any of the things to which I have grown accustomed." (Max Beerbohm)