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To: Jacquerie
Your linked essay asserts checks and balances as the solution to the problem. But checks and balances can only be applied by those who are themselves morally committed to the obligations of their own oaths.

"Let it simply be asked, ‘Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths...?" -- George Washington

"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other." -- John Adams


45 posted on 05/02/2015 2:58:56 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: EternalVigilance
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other." -- John Adams

Hi EV missed you. Well that sums up our present problem perfectly. I believe Article V is our last chance to reign in the monster peacefully. Bringing power and authority closer to home can't harm. I would also forbid judical review. Among other changes that would remove legal authority from the federal government to become tyrants and restore private property rights. We are certainly in a very dangerous position.

76 posted on 05/02/2015 7:10:00 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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