May 14th, 2007 by Hafiz Noor Shams
Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.
— Rudolph W. Giuliani, ‘Freedom Is About Authority’: Excerpts From Giuliani Speech on Crime. March 20 1994.
While authority to some extent is desired, ceding “a great deal of discretion about what you do” to the authority sounds wrong.
Well, it is not too hard to strike Giuliani off the list. Bye bye.
Anyway, how well do you know the candidates for the office of the President of the United States of America?
Head over to an NYT quiz to find out.
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