#lib

When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#conservatives #democrats #distance #either #i

If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve. ↗

— Philip Wylie

#freedom #improve #liberty #meaning #means

Liberalism is Rationalism in politics. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

#politics #rationalism

A moment's reflection shows that Liberalism is entirely negative. It is not a formative force, but always and only a disintegrating force. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

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Liberalism is a most important by-product of Rationalism, and its origins and ideology must be clearly shown. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

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Liberalism can only be defined negatively. It is a mere critique, not a living idea. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

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Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. ↗

— John Yoo

#bush #claim #conventions #decision #deny

Please, I'm a transgender former boy-bander. You think I don't know how to defend myself? ↗

— Libba Bray

#libba-bray #queen #beauty

The Justices are currently considering a case, argued last month, which seeks to extend the writ of habeas corpus to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees at Guantanamo. ↗

— John Yoo

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While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing