Obama Tells Grads: 'Reject Voices That Warn Of Tyranny'
Things a tyrant would say for $400, Alex.
President Obama gives the commencement address to the graduating class of The Ohio State University at Ohio Stadium on May 5, 2013 in Columbus, Ohio.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems. Some of these same voices also do their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Because what they suggest is that our brave, and creative, and unique experiment in self-rule is somehow just a sham with which we can't be trusted.
We have never been a people who place all our faith in government to solve our problems. We shouldn't want to. But we don't think the government is the source of all our problems, either. Because we understand that this democracy is ours. And as citizens, we understand that it's not about what America can do for us, it's about what can be done by us, together, through the hard and frustrating but absolutely necessary work of self-government. And class of 2013, you have to be involved in that process.
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Question for the Deficit President
Is it tyranny to borrow 42 cents of every dollar from future generations to pay for current government spending?
Or would you call that generational rape?
The U.S. Tyranny Machine rolls on, borrowing $50,000 per second.
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And This?
Is This Tyranny, Mr. President?
Boston door-to-door police raids in search of bomber.
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What about this?
GOOD INTERVIEWS IN THIS CLIP
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HANDS UP
Listen to the police commands.
Police perform raids in Watertown ripping innocent families from their homes.
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Door to Door Search to Find Terror Suspect
Photo of audience reaction to Obama's speech
May 6, 2013 at 5:26 PM
Reader Comments (2)
No one is saying there should be no government, and that government is the root of all evil. We say there should be LIMITED government, because too much government can be, and usually is, evil and tyrannical. And yes tyranny IS always lurking just around the corner, because men are not angels and absolute power absolutely corrupts.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/05/05/obama_to_ohio_state_grads_reject_voices_that_warn_about_government_tyranny.html