by Mike Van Schoiack | Mar 24, 2015 | Economics, Equality, Founders, Freedom, Natural Law, 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 24, 2015 | Ben Franklin, Economics, Equality, Founders, Government, Quotes
“When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” Often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, but there is no record that Franklin ever wrote or spoke these exact words.
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 5, 2013 | Equality, Quotes
“All men have equal rights to liberty, to their property, and to the protection of the laws.” Courtesy of liberty-tree.ca
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 5, 2013 | Equality, Quotes
“Government cannot make us equal; it can only recognize, respect, and protect us as equal before the law.” Courtesy of liberty-tree.ca
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 5, 2013 | Equality, Quotes
“True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success, the glorious inequality of talent, of genius; for inequality, not mediocrity, individual superiority, not standardization, is the measure of the progress of the...
