[agrarianlady]

No one had to die under King George, either, they could have kept obeying by quartering soldiers and paying taxes. Because Donald -- er -- George, I mean -- knew what was best for them. It was going to be the most amazing tea they'd ever tasted.

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” ― Sam Adams

[LibFreeUSA]

"James Madison believed that the right to own private property was a right of all people and that it was the government's job to protect that right. He made the following comment in a short essay called Property:"

"A Government is instituted to protect property of every sort.... This being the end of government, that alone is a just government, which impartially secures to every man, whatever is his own."

"In order to preserve property rights, but still allow the government to take property at times if it was appropriate, James Madison proposed the Eminent Domain amendment to the Constitution on June 8, 1789, along with a list of about twenty other amendments to the Constitution"