Some quotes for Independence Day: ". . .I am committed against every thing which, in my judgment, may weaken, endanger, or destroy [ the Constitution]. . ., and especially against all extension of Executive power; and I am committed against any attempt to rule the free people of this country by the power and the patronage of the Government itself." ~ Daniel Webster "It is hardly too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions. . . There are men, in all ages. . .who mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters. . .They think there need be but little restraint upon themselves. . .The love of power may sink too deep in their own hearts. . ." ~ Daniel Webster "In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." ~ Thomas Jefferson Please keep this quote from the Declaration of Independence when we vote again in 2014: ". . .Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, . . .it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government...it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security."
Posted on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 14:42:58 +0000
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