To: Spiff
The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. — James Madison
8,081 posted on
04/24/2007 6:46:39 PM PDT by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Power is not alluring to pure minds. - Thomas Jefferson
8,084 posted on
04/24/2007 6:49:17 PM PDT by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedoms of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
- James Madison (attributed to Madison, by his contemporaries)
I’ve saved four of your quotes that I didn’t have.
8,134 posted on
04/24/2007 7:20:06 PM PDT by
loboinok
(Gun control is hitting what you aim at!)
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