Let’s play, “Who said it, and when?”

“…the American people have accepted centralization of government, regimentation of activities and restriction of liberty to a greater extent than ever before in their history.”

Need a hint? The first part of the first sentence is, “In the process of winning this war…”

While 30 seconds of perky and mildly suspenseful music plays, let’s think.

Is the quotation about the war on terror after 9/11, with its full-body searches at the airports and permanent government collection of everybody’s phone data and electronic communications?

Is it about the war against COVID, with Americans ordered not to leave their homes, businesses fined for being open, vaccine mandates, closed schools and Zoom funerals?

Excellent guesses, but wrong.

The quotation is about

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