… governments, or a national government, or governments outside of our own, wanting to gain access to things that they shouldn't have that are none of their business. You know, we, We fought a revolution over, among other things, overly intrusive swarms of British officers who came not only to eat out our substance and to collect taxes, but to do so in a particularly aggressive way where there were these things called general warrants being issued. The Crown and Parliament authorized these British officers prior to the American Revolution to kick down doors, to collect taxes, and to do so just with these broad warrants that … (34:31–34:49)
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Asserts that the American Revolution was partly fought over intrusive British officers and general warrants.
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