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James Madison


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"The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived."


522 posted on 10/21/2011 9:23:56 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our selection between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debts as that we must be taxed in our meat in our drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labors and in our amusements, our people.. must come to labor sixteen hours in the twenty-four, give earnings of fifteen of these to the government for their debts and daily expenses; and the sixteenth being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live..

523 posted on 10/21/2011 9:31:31 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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