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Ben Franklin on Republic

by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 3, 2016 | Ben Franklin, Constitution, Founders, Government, New, Quotes

Benjamin Franklin anecdote: “A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy. A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.” Notes from Dr. James McHenry, Maryland delegate to the constitutional Convention, published in The American...

Thomas Jefferson on Borrowing Money

by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 25, 2015 | Constitution, Debt, Economics, Founders, Government, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson

“I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone for the reduction of the administration of our government to the genuine principles of its Constitution; I mean an additional article, taking from the...

Democracy and Socialism

by Mike Van Schoiack | Feb 9, 2015 | Constitution, Freedom, Government, Natural Law, President, Quotes, Subject, Uncategorized

“For it is very clear that, in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are almost, if not quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members.” Woodrow Wilson,...

Democracy and Limits to Power

by Mike Van Schoiack | Feb 9, 2015 | Constitution, Freedom, Government, Natural Law, President, Quotes, Subject

“Democracy is bound by no principle of its own nature to say itself nay as to the exercise of any power.” Woodrow Wilson, Unpublished Essay: “Socialism and Democracy”, 1887

Benjamin Franklin on Happiness

by Mike Van Schoiack | Jan 12, 2015 | Ben Franklin, Constitution, Founders, Quotes

“The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” Benjamin Franklin, courtesy of BrainyQuotes

How Natural Law is Implemented in Our Constitution

by Mike Van Schoiack | May 29, 2014 | Constitution, government, Government, natural law, Natural Law, Timeless, Videos

This video, in 5 minutes, explains how the Constitution implements Natural Law, and where these elements are found in the...
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