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Blogs Liberty and Power "Everything's Changed Now"

Jun 8, 2007

"Everything's Changed Now"

by Liberty and Power

This post-911 catch phrase has a long history. More than sixty years ago, Rose Wilder Lane translated it into plain English:

"'Everything's changed now' is a popular way of saying, 'There are no principles.'" (Pittsburgh Courier, September 7, 1944.