Cuban stopped a nd said, How lucky you are? I had someplace to escape to And that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth And this idea that government is beholden to the people that it has no other source of power except the sovereign people, is still the newest and the most un iq ue idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the american revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than le can plan them ourselves You and i are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I'd like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There's only an up or down lup] man's old --old-aged dream the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. And regardless of their sincer ity their humanitaria n motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course In this vote -harvesting time they use terms like the Great soc iety " or as we were told a few days ago by the president we must accept a greater government activ ity in the affairs of the people. but they've been a little more explicit in the past and among themselves and all of the things I now will quote have appeared in print. These are not Republican accusations. For example, they have voices that say , The cold war will end through our acceptance of a not undemocratic soc alism " Another voice says, The prof it motive has become outmoded. It must be replaced by the incentives of the welfare state "Or, Our traditional system of ind ividual freedom is incapa ble of solving the comp lex problems of the 20th century. Senator Fullbright has said at stanf ord University that the Constitution is outmoded He referred to the President as our moral teacher and our leader,and he says he is "hobbled in his task by the restrictions of power imposed on him by this antiquated docume nt. He must be freed so that he can do for us"what he knows is best And senator Clark of Pennsylvan ia, another articu late spokesman def ines liberalism as "meeting the material needs of the masses through the full power of centralized government. Well, I, for one resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me the free men and women of this country, as"the masses. This is a term we haven 't applied to ourselves in America. But beyond that, the full power of centralize government"--this was the very thing the Founding Fathers sought to minimize They knew that governments don 't control things. a government can't control the economy without controlling people. and they know when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. they also knew, thoseCuban stopped and said, "How lucky you are? I had someplace to escape to." And in that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose f reedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth. And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except the sovereign people, is still the newest and the most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self -government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a lef t or right. Well I'd like to suggest there is no such thing as a lef t or right. There's only an up or down -- [up] man's old -- old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual f reedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. And regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our f reedom for security have embarked on this downward course. In this vote-harvesting time, they use terms like the "Great Society," or as we were told a few days ago by the President, we must accept a greater government activity in the af fairs of the people. But they've been a little more explicit in the past and among themselves; and all of the things I now will quote have appeared in print. These are not Republican accusations. For example, they have voices that say, "The cold war will end through our acceptance of a not undemocratic socialism." Another voice says, "The profit motive has become outmoded. It must be replaced by the incentives of the welfare state." Or, "Our traditional system of individual f reedom is incapable of solving the complex problems of the 20th century." Senator Fullbright has said at Stanford University that the Constitution is outmoded. He referred to the President as "our moral teacher and our leader," and he says he is "hobbled in his task by the restrictions of power imposed on him by this antiquated document." He must "be f reed," so that he "can do for us" what he knows "is best." And Senator Clark of Pennsylvania, another articulate spokesman, defines liberalism as "meeting the material needs of the masses through the full power of centralized government." Well, I, for one, resent it when a representative of the people refers to you and me, the f ree men and women of this country, as "the masses." This is a term we haven't applied to ourselves in America. But beyond that, "the full power of centralized government" -- this was the very thing the Founding Fathers sought to minimize. They knew that governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they know when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. They also knew, those