Friday, March 7, 2008

WSJ.com - Freedom Means Responsibility

 
 
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Government should resist the temptation to save us from ourselves.

Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior.

The nature of freedom of choice is that some people will misuse their responsibility and hurt themselves in the process. We should do our best to educate them, but without diminishing choice for everyone else.

** Mr. McGovern is a former senator & the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate.**
 
   
   
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