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James Madison said

Posted by JDW on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 4:42:31 PM
 
James Madison
1798 - letter to Thomas Jefferson
 
" The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents. "


http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/homeland.php?id=1088179

Good article on immigration and the real problems supporting it .
 
--" The truth be told, our system of government isn’t even close to being the problem. The problem is an under-informed, unengaged, apathetic populace that keeps sending charlatans to Washington DC because they are too pre-occupied with their own lives to give a damn about our country! "


George Washington
1783 - Address to the Members of the Volunteer Association of Ireland
 
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.
 
Alexander Hamilton
 
A fondness for power is implanted, in most men, and it is natural to abuse it, when acquired.
 
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Peggy Noonan's column

Posted by JDW on Thursday, June 21, 2007 12:17:26 PM
 http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110010210

GOOD ARTICLE BY Peggy Noonan on immigration


Benjamin Franklin
1784 - Those Who Would Remove to America
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.

James Madison
1798 - letter to Thomas Jefferson

The Alien bill proposed in the Senate is a monster that must forever disgrace its parents.


George Washington
 
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.


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LIBERTY

Posted by JDW on Thursday, June 14, 2007 12:20:02 PM
 As we come closer to an election year we need to see what our founders said about the government that they envisioned . I ha d a previous post about this  
We need to make a decision
 Brian R also has a post about this subject: 

The Nature of Freedom 


 Here is what the founders said about liberty . I think they envisioned a government that was not very intrusive .One that protected is citizens at home and abroad and let them live there lives as they saw fit .
  We have some friends that came from South Africa to study for the ministry here and they said that they couldn't understand why when they got here they saw all the pickup trucks here with no one riding in the back.
  In South Africa thats how a lot of people get around to ther jobs . Here the government wants to make sure nobody gets hurt so we can't do that    

Benjamin Franklin
 
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety

Thomas Jefferson

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time; the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.

George Washington
 
The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field -- the object is attained -- and it now remains to be my earnest wish & prayer, that the Citizens of the United States could make a wise and virtuous use of the blessings placed before them.

"Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition."

-- Thomas Jefferson


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