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Post by avordvet on Jul 18, 2014 5:06:50 GMT -5
How Stands The Union?Thursday, July 17, 2014 In the course of some forum debates on the nature of things, and what our choices are: What do I think about government? Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Wait, no, that was George Washington, after the Revolution. That government governs best which governs least. Oh, sorry, that was Thomas Jefferson. Power always thinks that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. Oh, sorry again, that was John Adams. So I share the sentiments of the first three presidents on what government is, and I would love to live under a constitutional republic. Someday, I hope to. Its absence and lack since long before I was born has been keenly felt in this country, and want of it is killing us. And by no means only metaphorically. The time to start slitting throats is being forced upon us, but we're not there yet. www.raconteurreport.blogspot.de/2014/07/how-stands-union.html
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