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James Madison: The subversion of the very foundations of limited government in America
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| 1792
| James Madison
Posted on 07/06/2012 4:08:32 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every State, county and parish and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision of the poor; they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads; in short, every thing, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress. Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited Government established by the people of America." -- James Madison, Letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1792
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Free Republic; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elections; madison; obama; roberts; scotus; usurpers
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To: EternalVigilance
For Conservatives, this is a caution - for Liberals, it’s a roadmap...
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:19:00 PM PDT
by
Uncle Ike
(Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
To: EternalVigilance; Jim Robinson; Rush Limbaugh; holdonnow; M. Thatcher; RitaOK; RedMDer; ...
HUGE and powerful find, EV. Thank you very much!
Every SCOTUS justice should have had this in hand before ruling on obamacare. No excuses for Roberts or any of the libtard traitors.
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:31:39 PM PDT
by
onyx
(FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY- IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
To: Uncle Ike; EternalVigilance; Lady Jag; onyx; All
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:36:06 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: Uncle Ike
I hear ya. But, frankly, we could fairly easily deal with the liberals, if the conservatives would simply return to the original principles of the republic and quit compromising them.
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:37:00 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(A Choice, not an Etch-A-Sketch. TomHoefling.com)
To: EternalVigilance; kalee; TitansAFC; LuvFreeRepublic; Sea Parrot; SweetCaroline; matthew fuller; ...
Newt Gingrich’s Ping List because y’all will appreciate.
I continue to pray for a miracle in Tampa. “She” and Newt are attending, ya know.
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:37:41 PM PDT
by
onyx
(FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY- IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
To: onyx; Jim Robinson
My thanks to both of you.
Good luck with the FReepathon!
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:38:32 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(A Choice, not an Etch-A-Sketch. TomHoefling.com)
To: EternalVigilance
Thanks very much, EV! Please continue to participate on our FReepathon threads!!!
Free Republic is here to stay, thanks to loyal support from FReepers like you!!
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:43:11 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: onyx
"I continue to pray for a miracle in Tampa."Amen. Until all the cards are on the table, I lay await.
I just pray we actually have an election this year. If not, it will be a bloodbath......which is NOT what I want.
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:43:17 PM PDT
by
NoGrayZone
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
To: NoGrayZone
Amen. Not what we want, but, I think, I’m ready.
Keep praying!
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:44:40 PM PDT
by
onyx
(FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY- IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
To: EternalVigilance; onyx; trisham; TheOldLady; DJ MacWoW; JoeProBono; RedMDer; musicman; Lady Jag; ...
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:52:45 PM PDT
by
Jim Robinson
(Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
To: onyx
Flight or fight. Pretty sure I think I'm ready to fight.
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. ... God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion; what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms." -- Thomas Jefferson to William Stephens Smith, 1787"
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posted on
07/06/2012 4:53:59 PM PDT
by
NoGrayZone
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: onyx
Will amen that prayer...and add one more. Prayers for a VP candidate of the quality of.......
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posted on
07/06/2012 5:00:48 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then.)
To: Jim Robinson; onyx
Thanks Jim. I'll check 'em out.
Here's another important quote from the father of our Constitution:
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." -- James Madison
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posted on
07/06/2012 5:01:36 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(A Choice, not an Etch-A-Sketch. TomHoefling.com)
To: Rome2000
Heck of a way for the greatest republic in history to die, ain’t it.
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posted on
07/06/2012 5:05:11 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(A Choice, not an Etch-A-Sketch. TomHoefling.com)
To: EternalVigilance
I hear ya. But, frankly, we could fairly easily deal with the liberals, if the conservatives would simply return to the original principles of the republic and quit compromising them. IOW, don't vote for Romney, it'll only encourage them.
Best of luck at the polls, Tom. (If Romney wins the Republican Primary, then I'm voting for either you or Virgil Goode.)
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posted on
07/06/2012 5:07:58 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: Rome2000
How bout those 19th and 26th Amendments! Really, why would you put those two amendments as the worst?
I'm thinking the 16th and 14th amendments are -- though there is in fact enough documentation to cast serious doubt on the 14th's legitimacy -- so, possibly the 16th and 17th.
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posted on
07/06/2012 5:14:22 PM PDT
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: onyx
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posted on
07/06/2012 5:22:58 PM PDT
by
LibLieSlayer
(Don't Tread On Me)
To: Jim Robinson
Yep. Ramirez gets it. Thanks, Jim.
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posted on
07/06/2012 5:29:07 PM PDT
by
onyx
(FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY- IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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