I am ever and always amazed at the clarity of thought that can be found in statements made by our founding fathers and other great leaders we have been blessed with. Consider the following: "There is no position which depends on clearer principles, than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid." -- Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) Source: The Federalist No. 78. quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Alexander.Hamilton.Quote.29C2 "The dignity and stability of government in all its branches, the morals of the people, and every blessing of society depend so much upon an upright and skillful administration of justice, that the judicial power ought to be distinct from both the legislative and executive, and independent upon both, that so it may be a check upon both, and both should be checks upon that." -- John Adams (1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President Source: John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776 quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/John.Adams.Quote.B271 "Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them to secure sober action and a respect for the rights of the minority." -- William Howard Taft (1857-1930) 27th US President Source: Veto Message, Arizona Enabling Act, 1911 quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/William.Howard.Taft.Quote.A748
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:54:37 +0000
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