GEORGE WASHINGTON STATED

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty teeth.



First Inaugural Address of George Washington...April 30, 1789

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Abraham Lincoln said:

"In this age, and in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it nothing can suceed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions."

James Madison Declared

The adversaries of the Constitution seem to have lost sight of the PEOPLE altogether in their reasonings on this subject; and to have viewed these different establishments not only as mutual rivals and enemies, but as uncontrolled by any common superior in their efforts to usurp the authorities of each other. These gentlemen must be reminded of their error. They must be told that the ULTIMATE AUTHORITY, wherever the derivative may be found, RESIDES IN THE PEOPLE ALONE. (Federalist Papers, No. 46, p.294; emphasis added.)

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Thoughts...on Government

"The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them right away."
---Ronald Reagan

"The care of human life and happiness. . . is the first and only legitimate object of good government."
---Thomas Jefferson, "To the Republican Citizens of Washington County Maryland," March 31, 1809

"The functions of government must be readjusted from time to time to restrain the strong and protect the weak. That is the preservation of liberty itself."
---Herbert Hoover, September 17, 1935

"The government goes on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity."
---Winston Churchill, speech, November 12, 1936

"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."
William F. Buckley, Jr.

"If the government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away everything you have."
---Gerald Ford

"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
---Voltaire

"When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
---Thomas Jefferson

"Reflect on the above."
Richard W. Gorski, M.D., McHenry County Advocate, June 17, 2008
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2 comments:

Gus said...

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." John Philpot Curran (1750-1817), Irish politician and judge. And here we are, 200 years later, and it is just as important.

June 18, 2008 at 8:51 AM
Richard W Gorski, M.D. said...

AMEN!

June 18, 2008 at 9:28 AM

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