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This one&#8217;s going in my quotation database.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Implicit in the term &#8220;national defense&#8221; is the notion of defending those values and ideas which set this Nation apart. &#8230; It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of &#8230; those liberties &#8230; which makes the defense of the Nation worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Justice Warren, <em>US v. Robel<\/em> 389 US 258 (1967)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Indeed.<\/p>\n<p><small>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/consumer\/privacy\/federal-judge-orders-nsa-spy-program-stopped-194958.php\">Consumerist<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quotation from the very end of U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor&#8217;s striking down of the NSA Warrantless Wiretap program. This one&#8217;s going in my quotation database. 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