by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 5, 2016 | Founders, Freedom, freedom, New, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 5, 2016 | Founders, freedom, James Madison, President, Quotes
“Government is instituted to protect property of every sort; as well that which lies in the various rights of individuals, as that which the term particularly expresses. This being the end of government, that alone is a just government which impartially secures to...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 5, 2016 | Ben Franklin, Founders, Freedom, New, Quotes
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety” Ben Franklin, written by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its Reply to the Governor, 11 November 1755.
by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 2, 2016 | Freedom, New, President, Quotes, Ronald Reagan
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on from them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 2, 2016 | Founders, Government, James Wilson, Natural Law, New, Quotes
“Government, in my humble opinion, should be formed to secure and to enlarge the exercise of the natural rights of its members; and every government, which has not this in view, as its principal object, is not a government of the legitimate kind.” James...
