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To: Reagan Man
I recently purchased a copy of The Notes: Ronald Reagan, and one of his notes was the below quote from Thomas Jefferson.

“The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little to-day and a little to-morrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief, over the field of jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped from the States, and the government of all be consolidated into one.”

10 posted on 05/20/2011 2:39:01 PM PDT by bhaskew
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To: bhaskew

Your first reply on FR. Welcome.

Jefferson was a very astute observer of the human condition.

People change. Sometimes for the better. Sometimes for the worse. Be great if we could read minds. Better yet, if we had a crystal ball.... ;^)


11 posted on 05/20/2011 2:46:43 PM PDT by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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