# Rep. Sensenbrenner Tries to Silence PATRIOT Act Debate

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 11, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-sensenbrenner-tries-to-silence-patriot-act-debate/307826 "2005-06-11T02:17:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-sensenbrenner-tries-to-silence-patriot-act-debate/307826/181 "2005-06-16T17:56:00Z")

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> [@Liberal](#):
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> I like the Churchill quote. But with respect to the Patriot Act and the War on the World I Mean Terror…
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> “We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.” — Edward R. Murrow

I like the oft misattributed-to-Churchill quote “If you’re not a liberal when you’re 25, you have no heart. If you’re still a liberal when you’re 35, you have no brain.”

I’m sure you know this isn’t classical liberalism of which he is(isn’t) speaking.

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-sensenbrenner-tries-to-silence-patriot-act-debate/307826/182 "2005-06-16T18:33:51Z")

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Well done, **Bricker**!

:: Moves **Bricker** several places down on revised list of Most Annoying Dopers :: 😉

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