Expressions no longer operable:

[July]

"It's a free country."

that apparently unimportant bit about "all men" and "inalienable rights"

your thoughts?

[Ravenseye]

1. Land of the free, home of the brave

Kind of no longer applicable. Land of the captive, home of the cowardly.

"They hate us for our freedoms."

Which is why the Republicans are capitulating to the Terrorists and taking them away from us.

[leveymg]

2. "constitutional republic", "western democracy", "law and order"

And, oh yes, "social contract".

If there's another flawed election, the operative term may be "civil war".