by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 21, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes
“In order to judge of the form to be given to this institution [the Senate], it will be proper to take a view of the ends to be served by it. These were,—first, to protect the people against their rulers, secondly, to protect the people against the transient...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 21, 2013 | Constitution, Equality, Founders, Freedom, Government, James Madison, Natural Law, President, Quotes
“The man who is possessed of wealth, who lolls on his sofa or rolls in his carriage, cannot judge the wants or feelings of the day-laborer. The government we mean to erect is intended to last for ages. The landed interest, at present, is prevalent; but in...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 21, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, John Adams, President, Quotes
“The colonies had grown up under constitutions of government so different, there was so great a variety of religions, they were composed of so many different nations, their customs, manners, and habits had so little resemblance, and their intercourse had been so...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Blackstone, Constitution, Government, Natural Law, Philosophers, Quotes
“And these[great Natural Rights] may be reduced to three principal or primary articles: the right of personal security; the right of personal liberty; and the right of private property; because as there is no other known method of compulsion, or of abridging...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Alexander Hamilton, Constitution, Founders, Quotes
Writing about our Constitution in Federalist 1, Alexander Hamilton said: “Until the people have, by some solemn and authoritative act, annulled or changed the established form, it is binding upon them collectively, as well as individually; and no presumption or...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 17, 2013 | Constitution, Government, President, Quotes
“In the great journal of things happening under the sun, we, the American people, find our account running … We find ourselves in the peaceful possession, of the fairest portion of the earth….We find ourselves under the government of a system of...
