US AG Barr compares coronavirus lockdown to slavery
US AG Barr compares coronavirus lockdown to slavery
LAW, LIBERTY, AND SOVEREIGNTY - THE RULE OF LAW
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U.S. Attorney General William Barr is facing criticism Thursday after comments he made a day prior in which he said calls for a national lockdown to prevent further spread of COVID-19 were the "greatest intrusion on civil liberties" in American history "other than slavery."
He said the pandemic response is not dictated by science and that "representatives of the entire community," should make decisions regarding COVID-19 but it does not give the right to executive rule.
Barr also commented on the ongoing anti-racism protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, saying it's a "political agenda" and those involved are interested in using Black men and women killed during encounters with police "as props."
If one man craves freedom -- liberty -- he must remember that all other men long for the same freedom. Groups of such liberty-loving mortals cannot live together in peace without becoming subservient to such laws, rules, and regulations as will grant each person the same degree of freedom while at the same time safeguarding an equal degree of freedom for all of his fellow mortals. If one man is to be absolutely free, then another must become an absolute slave. And the relative nature of freedom is true socially, economically, and politically. Freedom is the gift of civilization made possible by the enforcement of LAW.
Religion makes it spiritually possible to realize the brotherhood of men, but it will require mankind government to regulate the social, economic, and political problems associated with such a goal of human happiness and efficiency.
