James Madison: The subversion of the very foundations of limited government in America

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[EternalVigilance]

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every State, county and parish and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision of the poor; they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads; in short, every thing, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress. Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited Government established by the people of America."

-- James Madison, Letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1792

[EternalVigilance]

[Uncle Ike]

For Conservatives, this is a caution - for Liberals, it’s a roadmap...

[onyx]

HUGE and powerful find, EV. Thank you very much!

Every SCOTUS justice should have had this in hand before ruling on obamacare. No excuses for Roberts or any of the libtard traitors.

[Jim Robinson]

That IS the point
clickit

Posted by LadyJag here.

[EternalVigilance]

I hear ya. But, frankly, we could fairly easily deal with the liberals, if the conservatives would simply return to the original principles of the republic and quit compromising them.

[onyx]

Newt Gingrich’s Ping List because y’all will appreciate.

I continue to pray for a miracle in Tampa. “She” and Newt are attending, ya know.

[EternalVigilance]

My thanks to both of you.

Good luck with the FReepathon!

[onyx]

Thanks very much, EV! Please continue to participate on our FReepathon threads!!!

Free Republic is here to stay, thanks to loyal support from FReepers like you!!

[NoGrayZone]

"I continue to pray for a miracle in Tampa."

Amen. Until all the cards are on the table, I lay await.

I just pray we actually have an election this year. If not, it will be a bloodbath......which is NOT what I want.

[onyx]

Amen. Not what we want, but, I think, I’m ready.

Keep praying!

[Jim Robinson]

Can’t be post to FR due to his copyright request, but here’s a couple good ones by Ramirez on Obama vs the Founders (extremists):

http://libertydwells.com/showthread.php?t=2464

http://news.investors.com/editorialcartoons/cartoon.aspx?id=605690

[NoGrayZone]

Flight or fight. Pretty sure I think I'm ready to fight.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. ... God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion; what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms." -- Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787"

[hoosiermama]

Will amen that prayer...and add one more. Prayers for a VP candidate of the quality of.......

[EternalVigilance]

Thanks Jim. I'll check 'em out.

Here's another important quote from the father of our Constitution:

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."

-- James Madison

[EternalVigilance]

Heck of a way for the greatest republic in history to die, ain’t it.

[OneWingedShark]

I hear ya. But, frankly, we could fairly easily deal with the liberals, if the conservatives would simply return to the original principles of the republic and quit compromising them.

IOW, don't vote for Romney, it'll only encourage them.

Best of luck at the polls, Tom. (If Romney wins the Republican Primary, then I'm voting for either you or Virgil Goode.)

[OneWingedShark]

How bout those 19th and 26th Amendments!

Really, why would you put those two amendments as the worst?
I'm thinking the 16th and 14th amendments are -- though there is in fact enough documentation to cast serious doubt on the 14th's legitimacy -- so, possibly the 16th and 17th.

[LibLieSlayer]

Breathtaking!!!!!

LLS

[onyx]

Yep. Ramirez gets it. Thanks, Jim.