by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes
“The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] … formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by those who were not concerned in the execution of it. Adding to these considerations the natural diversity of human...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 5, 2013 | Equality, Founders, Freedom, Government, Natural Law, Quotes
“All men are created equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; among which are the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property,...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 5, 2013 | Education, Freedom, Government, Natural Law, Quotes
“All men by nature are equal in that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man; being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 5, 2013 | Equality, Government, Natural Law, President, Quotes
“At the heart of western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man… is the touchstone of value, and all society, groups, the state, exist for his benefit. Therefore the enlargement of liberty for individual human beings must be the...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 5, 2013 | Constitution, Equality, Founders, Government, Natural Law, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
“An equal application of law to every condition of man is fundamental.” Courtesy of liberty-tree.ca
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 5, 2013 | Constitution, Equality, Founders, Government, Natural Law, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
“The way to have good and safe government is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among the many, distributing to everyone exactly the functions in which he is competent … It is by dividing and subdividing these Republics from the great national...