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I am honored and humbled to be in front of so many great patriots who have come from
all across this country. From such great places as Maryland and Virginia, Ohio, and my home
state of New Jersey -- Americans who share in a belief of limited government and individual
liberty. We come here today to protest the over-abuse of power of the Internal Revenue
Service -an abuse that some apologists will tell you was a mere hiccup in the administration.
We know it's far more than that. We know that this is emblematic of an administration that
has overreached its power and is undermining our individual liberty every day. An administration
who reaches into the very intimacy of our healthcare and attempts to take control of
decisions about our children, our parents, and of ourselves. An administration that wants
to take control of the education of our children through their ridiculous Core Curriculum standards.
An Administration that would sacrifice America's sovereignty to U.N. initiatives and an administration
that threatens our Second-Amendment rights -- our very Constitution.
What happened to the government of the people, by the people and for the people that served
the people? When was it replaced by a government that surveillances the people, that watches
the people, and that controls the people? Ladies and gentlemen, this is a rally. Let's
send a message -- a loud and powerful message to president Barack Obama that he can hear
all the way at the east side of the Brandenburg Gate today. The four words that most embody
our commitment to liberty and our desire to fight. Those four words that have led this
movement -- President Obama, don't tread on my freedom. President Obama, don't tread on
my liberty. President Obama, don't tread on me! Don't tread on me!
Don't tread on me! Don't tread on me! Don't tread on me, President
Obama. I'm Steve Lonegan, folks. Don't tread on me. God bless you and God bless America.