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To: dp0622
"Yes, we did produce a near perfect Republic.  But will they keep it?  Or, will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom?  Material abundance without character is the path to destruction.  Thomas Jefferson (on the free market/private property system they tried to leave us and the incredible wealth they knew it would allow us to produce ‑‑ and what MIGHT happen to us as a result. The familiar vernacular expression today is "Fat, dumb and happy.")
15 posted on 05/09/2015 6:45:14 AM PDT by Dick Bachert (This entire "administration" has been a series of Reischstag Fires. We know how that turned out!)
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To: Dick Bachert

How did such a handful of men leave so many brilliant quotes?
How did such a group come together in the same country at he same time.
Alas, I fear for their creation.


16 posted on 05/09/2015 6:52:48 AM PDT by dp0622
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