A Strong Candidate for Quote of the Year...

Goes to Becky Gerritson:

“I am not here as a serf or vassal. I am not begging my lords for mercy. I’m a born free American woman, wife, mother and citizen. And I’m telling my government that you’ve forgotten your place. It’s not your responsibility to look out for my well-being, and to monitor my speech. It’s not your right to assert an agenda. Your post, the post that you occupy, exists to preserve American liberty. You’ve sworn to perform that duty. And you have faltered.”

Or, as the Instapundit calls it:

THE SPIRIT THAT WASHINGTON FEARS AND DESPISES