Wonder what prompted this?? (7 years later)

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Ben Franklin, 1755, to the Pennsylvania State Legislature

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. - William Pitt, 1783

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. - James Madison

The people never give up their liberties, but under some delusion. - Edmund Burke

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

“Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith… We need believing people.” ~ Adolf Hitler

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Forget the passengers, they should be screening the food they serve in the snack car. Talk about your biological weapons. [xx(]

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This has become a political discussion which is very much against the rules, and far adrift of model trains.