"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force.
Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
-- George Washington
(1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country'
Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
-- George Washington
(1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country'
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
ReplyDelete“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” — Thomas Jefferson
ReplyDelete“Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.” — Thomas Jefferson
"A wise and frugal government... 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, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801