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.)

Friday, May 7, 2010

Advice to Pres. Obama from Ben Franklin & others

"Think what you do when you run in debt; you give to another power over your liberty." ...Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Jefferson wrote:
"The maxim of buying nothing without the money in our pockets to pay for it would make our country one of the happiest on earth. Experience during the (Revolutionary) war proved this; and I think every man will remember that,under all the privations it obliged him to submit to during that period, he slept sounder and awoke happier than he can do now." Ford, Writings of Thomas Jefferson, 4:414.)

President Washington made it perfectly clear when he said in an address to Congress: "No pecuniary consideration is more urgent than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt; on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable."

President Obama, I guess you don't subscribe to these fundamental principals of these Founding Fathers of our country... that is a shame that will haunt us and our great, great grandchildren.
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3 comments:

John Gray said...

Well said. Sadly, there are not enough politicians (on either side of the aisle) who actually do subscribe to the the fundamental principles of our founders.

May 7, 2010 at 2:57 PM
Richard W Gorski, M.D. said...

Sometimes I get depressed wondering if anyone really cares about this country or if they only care about themselves and what's in it for them. I hope the US has not become a country of narcisists and that content of character counts not just the way someone sounds in front of a teleprompter.

May 8, 2010 at 2:02 PM
John Gray said...

I hear you on that. Apathy and narcissism have pretty much been the cause the downfall of all great civilizations throughout history. I'm teaching my daughters to really care about what is going on and to get involved when necessary. I'm just hoping that others are doing the same.

May 8, 2010 at 2:51 PM

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