One of your Statesmen made an observation about “When a government becomes corrupt and abusive and descends into tyranny, it no longer serves the people, and there’s no remedy except to tear it down and start over.” That is such a bad rendition of what was actually said, but I think that was the salient point. Someone here will help me out and provide the correct quote with proper attribution.
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This?
When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.
Thomas Jefferson quoting Baron de Montesquieu
When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.
Thomas Jefferson quoting Baron de Montesquieu
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That’s a good reference too. There are probably a few very wise philosophers and critical thinkers who’ve spoken about the evils and remedies for a corrupt government. They’re all brilliant. I was thinking about a quote that suggests remedies that might be used in the current circumstances. I had a faint recollection of the word “abusive” being used in the passage but I don’t trust my memory on that now. The scope of the corruption suggests that there’s no possible Legislative, Judicial or States remedy forthcoming. That leaves the remedy in the hands of the Executive Branch and the Military he controls.
This is what POTUS was getting at.