“Fear can only prevail when victims are ignorant of the facts “.
– Thomas Jefferson
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
– George Washington
Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples’ Liberty’s Teeth.”
– George Washington
I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.
– Thomas Jefferson
Still one thing more, fellow citizens, a wise and frugal government which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government.
– Thomas Jefferson, 1st Inaugural Address
Think what you do when you run into debt; you give to another power over your liberty.
– Benjamin Franklin
Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
– Benjamin Franklin
Man will ultimately be governed by Godor by tyrants.
– Ben Franklin
Disrupting the Borg is expensive and time consuming!
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Thanks for reminding me of the extraordinary wisdom of those great men! To bad most politicians today don’t follow their forefathers great insight.
Incredible words, even 200+ later! Where did we go off the track?
Our founders combed through 5000 years of ‘successful’ governments, and sought inspiration from God. They wanted to prove that man needs no Eartly master, and gave man the ability to keep tyrants at bay. They were unique in history.
I hope you don’t mind, I just quoted you on my twitter page. Don’t worry, you’re in good company….
It’s nice to be quoted along with the greats! 😉
Think what you do when you run into debt; you give to another power over your liberty.
– Benjamin Franklin
There are two ways to conquer a nation…one is by war, the other is by debt.
-John Adams
Every dollar in circulation today is created as debt…loaned into existence at interest. That is the root of our slavery.
Our nation was conquered long ago, but you are asleep to the reality.
Godor? Who is Godor? Is he from outer space?
“Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty” – (attributed to) Thomas Jefferson et al.
http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/Eternal_vigilance_is_the_price_of_liberty_%28Quotation%29
Benjamin Franklin was a US President? I never knew!
Godor,
It doesn’t say US president. You assumed that in error.
Benjamin Franklin served three terms as president of Pennsylvania, before the office of governor was established after 1789.
Live and learn sir.
Godor, are you a liberal? You seem very good at deflecting, and ignoring the core.