by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 16, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Freedom, Government, James Madison, Quotes
“Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.” –James Madison, essay in the National Gazette, 1792 Courtesy of the Patriot Post...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 15, 2013 | Founders, Government, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
“Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others?” –Thomas Jefferson Courtesy of the Patriot Post (PatriotPost.us)
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 9, 2013 | Government, Quotes, Uncategorized
An Observation on Democracy Incorrectly attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler The most interesting observation is how closely the US has followed this scenario. “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, James Madison, President, Quotes
“Whatever may be the judgment pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of the edifice prepared by them, I feel it a duty to express my profound and solemn conviction… that there never was an...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes, Uncategorized
“The happy union of these states is a wonder, their Constitution is a miracle; their example the hope of liberty throughout the world. Woe to the ambition that would meditate the destruction of either!” “Outline” of the relationship between...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 7, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson, Uncategorized
“May you and your contemporaries… preserve inviolate [the] Constitution, which, cherished in all its chastity and purity, will prove in the end a blessing to all the nations of the earth.” Letter to Philip N. Nicholas, 22 December 1821, Bergh...
