Saturday's Quotation

The current governor of Wisconsin wants to strip state workers of their rights to collectively bargain and sic the National Guard on them if they complain. An earlier governor of Wisconsin, Robert LaFollette (1855-1925) had a much clearer understanding of what American values are supposed to look like:

"Let no man think we can deny civil liberty
to others and retain it for ourselves. When
zealous agents of the Government arrest
suspected "radicals" without warrant, hold
them without prompt trial, deny them
access to counsel and admission of bail... we
have shorn the Bill of Rights of its sanctity..."