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“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.”-- WILLIAM PITT
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"The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for ever preclude the possibility of federal encroachments. That their liberties, indeed, can be subverted by the federal head, is repugnant to every rule of political calculation." --Alexander Hamilton, speech to the New York Ratifying Convention, 1788
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" The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled,
public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."-- CICERO , 55BC
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president. The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
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"Now, more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption. If it be intelligent, brave and pure, it is because the people demand these high qualities to represent them in the national legislature. If the next centennial does not find us a great nation it will because those who represent the enterprise, the culture and the morality of the nation do not aid in controlling the political forces"
James Garfield |
"The [U.S.] Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals...it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only conduct of the government...it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."
- Philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand (1905-1982) |
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
---Cicero, 55BC |
“In the end more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free.”
—Edward Gibbon |
“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”
- George Washington |
"it does not require a majority to prevail,but rather an irate, tireless, minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds..."
Samuel Adams
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"A true friend freely advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably."
- William Penn
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"The Declaration of Independance..says we are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights. We are the only nation in the world that says power comes from God to each one of you, and you are personally sovereign, and you loan power to the state"
Newt Gingrich, 2010
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“[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty -- that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men.”
George Washington, General Orders, 1776 |
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety”
Benjamin Franklin |
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"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."
Abraham Lincoln
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Lower taxes: ("Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.")
Calvin Coolidge
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Limited government: (“Man is not free unless government is limited.”)
Ronald Reagan
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Fiscal responsability: ("I... place economy among the first and most important of republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.")
Thomas Jefferson
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National security: ("To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace")
George Washington
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Government transparency: ("A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support")
Thomas Paine
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Reducing national deficit: ("The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect")
Sam Ewing
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Respecting and protecting the United States constitution: ("We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution")
Abraham Lincoln
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"The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult."
John Quincy Adams
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"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time."
Thomas Jefferson
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