“We must reject dictatorship in whatever form it takes — and especially when it rears its head in our own midst on the bench.”

—  Alan Keyes

Reception in Winder, Georgia, September 11, 2003. http://renewamerica.us/archives/speeches/03_09_11reception.htm. <br class="br">2009

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