To: FITZ; Corin Stormhands
The US government operates on the basis that each individual is able to cast their free vote for wise elected officials who will do what's best for the nation within the confines of a written Constitution.
Many negatives combined do not equal a positive.
They had the confidence that many free individuals combined would equal a positive government.
214 posted on
12/17/2004 8:07:12 PM PST by
xzins
(The Party Spirit -- the major issue that keeps me from taking them seriously.)
To: xzins
They had the confidence that many free individuals combined would equal a positive government. Seems so. Otherwise, wouldn't they just have crowned a new king?
215 posted on
12/17/2004 8:08:19 PM PST by
Corin Stormhands
(CHRISTmas: One season. One reason.)
To: xzins
The US government operates on the basis that each individual is able to cast their free vote for wise elected officials who will do what's best for the nation within the confines of a written Constitution.Dude. Seriously.
They had the confidence that many free individuals combined would equal a positive government.
If they were that naive the country wouldn't still be here.
"Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob." --Madison again
220 posted on
12/17/2004 8:36:04 PM PST by
A.J.Armitage
(http://calvinist-libertarians.blogspot.com/)
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