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“The constitutional requirement for the President of the United States to be a natural-born citizen had one purpose according to St. George Tucker:

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That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the United States when the constitution was adopted,) is a happy means of security against foreign influence, which, wherever it is capable of being exerted, is to he dreaded more than the plague.

The admission of foreigners into our councils, consequently, cannot be too much guarded against; their total exclusion from a station to which foreign nations have been accustomed to, attach ideas of sovereign power, sacredness of character, and hereditary right, is a measure of the most consummate policy and wisdom. …

The title of king, prince, emperor, or czar, without the smallest addition to his powers, would have rendered him a member of the fraternity of crowned heads: their common cause has more than once threatened the desolation of Europe.

To have added a member to this sacred family in America, would have invited and perpetuated among us all the evils of Pandora’s Box.”


10 posted on 06/30/2009 10:16:09 AM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: STARWISE
The title of king, prince, emperor, or czar, without the smallest addition to his powers, would have rendered him a member of the fraternity of crowned heads: their common cause has more than once threatened the desolation of Europe.

Refresh my memory here?

How many Czars do we have this week?

14 posted on 06/30/2009 10:20:36 AM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 162 of our national holiday from reality.)
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obozo is a prime example of foreign influence, and should not be running this Republic.


71 posted on 06/30/2009 1:24:27 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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