The US Government is for sale, and the Corporate Powers play both ends of the field, as Jefferson warned, ..and will soon be discovered to be sources of wealth and dominion to those who hold them; distinguished too by this tempting circumstance, that they are the instrument, as well as the object of acquisition. With money we will get men, said Caesar, and with men we will get money. Nor should our assembly be deluded by the integrity of their own purposes, and conclude that these unlimited powers will never be abused, because themselves are not disposed to abuse them. They should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have seized the heads of government, and be spread by them through the body of the people; when they will purchase the voices of the people, and make them pay the price. Human nature is the same on every side of the Atlantic, and will be alike influenced by the same causes. The time to guard against corruption and tyranny, is before they shall have gotten hold on us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered. CHAPTER 10 |Document 9 Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia The Democrats and Republicans have ushered in the rule of Fascism in America. i would urge all of you to get involved by voting at that the local level. It is here you have a greater access to your elected officials; City, County, and State. You can make a difference. I am not willing to give up on this Grand Experiment, and I hope neither are you.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 10:52:51 +0000
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