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“ When legal niceties were tossed aside in the United States and suspects rounded up and secretly interned after the terrorist attacks, liberals were shocked. […] This is what always happens when there is a serious threat to peace. No doubt the Bush administration’s actions were in some respects ill-considered and excessive. Even so, it cannot be criticized simply for departing from a strict regard of personal freedom. […] As Hobbes knew, what human beings want most from the state is not freedom but protection. This may be regrettable, but building a political philosophy on the denial of human nature is foolish. It is better to face facts. Personal liberties do not naturally dovetail. Often they make competing demands, and when they do, the task of government is to craft a mix that affords citizens an acceptable degree of security. ”