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November 01, 2007

?The highest legal office in the state of Oklahoma seems bent on silencing citizens through harassment and intimidation, threats and coercion. The ;al is to silence me, and to frighten you, from petitioning our ;vernment.?
Taxpayer activist Paul Jacob, who (along with two others) was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly violating an Oklahoma law requiring that collectors of petition signatures be legal residents

?Apparently Drew Edmondson is more schooled in power politics and trampling the rights of the innocent people than in his basic obligation to uphold the law.?
State Rep. Charles Key (R-Oklahoma City)

?Are the powers that be in Oklahoma striking back at efforts to limit ;vernment spending??
Alex Adrianson, an editor at the Heritage Foundation, in a recent post (?A Vindictive Indictment??) on a Heritage blog

?It seems sort of like arresting mom for making apple pie, but it is indicative of the current low-brow nature of politics in the United States. Rather than facing an opponent on the issues, rather than campaigning on facts, rather than organizing support for a cause, there is a grand group of autocrats that would rather imprison their political foes than wage a legitimate campaign against them.?
Columnist John Powers, writing in the Chica; Daily Observer

?It appears that Oklahoma has taken on a Third World tinge.?
Columnist Doug Bandow

?He who is cowardly will do right because it is safer to do so ? He who is overly ambitious will do right if it is to his advantage to do so ? He who is miserly will do right when he finds it cheaper to do so ? He who is average will do right because it is expected of him ? But blessed is the man who will do right because it is right.?
Leonard Read, in The Love of Liberty

?Character is doing the right thing when nobody?s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that?s right is to get by, and the only thing that?s wrong is to get caught.?
J.C. Watts

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