Alan K. Simpson Quote

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.


As quoted in The New York Times (26 September 1982)


There is no slippery slope toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and...

There is no slippery slope toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and...

There is no slippery slope toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and...

There is no slippery slope toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and...