[Congressman Billybob]

Thank you for posting this. I have bookmarked several of the quotes I had not read before (I am a great fan of the Sage of Baltimore) for use in the 3rd Edition of my latest book. (Second link, below.)

Congressman Billybob

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"The storm center of lawlessness in every American State is the State Capitol. It is there that the worst crimes are committed; it is there that lawbreaking attains to the estate and dignity of a learned profession; it is there that contempt for the laws is engendered, fostered, and spread broadcast."

If ever there was a cry for absolutely limiting government authority, this is it. The guys who wrote the Constitution were thinking the same way as Mencken; too bad that those who came after did not share these views. After FDR, things began to go downhill for liberty at an ever-increasing speed. Today, the last thing the legislators consider before crafting assinine legislation is the Constitution. They think about as little of the document as if they were stepping on a bug.