Americans like to win, and you don’t win by compromise. We’re like Russians that way
.. and why they made such a great enemy. Even saddled with a communist system, they still gave us a run for the money for awhile. I’ll always have a fondness for the Russian people because of that. … doesn’t mean I’d give an inch to ‘em, though.
Besides, to compromise on individual rights in favor of collective ones dehumanizes us. To some, it’s as repulsive a notion as selling ourselves into slavery, or cutting off a part of our bodies to feed the state. What point is there to life, without the things that make life worth living?
"Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute" can be a way of life. I don’t think the reverse is true. In fact, I would see it as a type of death, and worse than simply dying.