TOMPAINE.com - Peaceful Warrior: "He spoke of the Declaration of Independence, and how its writers vowed to be free of England, where their lives were ruled and determined by one man. 'The constant rhetoric of the administration is that there's going to be one person who decides when we go to war,' he said, 'and that is such a blatant violation of every constitutional principle that our founding fathers came up with.'
'But even beyond that, it's �we the people� that this nation is about,' he continued. 'It isn't about politics or personal agendas or political agendas or economic agendas. And I believe that this war is not the right thing for America because it hasn't yet been proven conclusively that there is a threat to �we the people� -- and I think that is the sole determining factor as to whether or not this nation should ever go to war.' "
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