“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” -Ronald Reagan
Author: Larry Vaughn
The Only Guardian of True Liberty
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” -James Madison
The Last Best Hope of Man on Earth
“We’ll preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we’ll sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.” -Ronald Reagan
Those Who Led the People Led Them in the Wrong Direction
“Those who led the people led them in the wrong direction, and those who followed them were destroyed.” Isaiah 9:16
The Will And Moral Courage of Free Men and Women
Ronald Reagan said, “Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.”
An Asylum for Civil and Religious Liberty
Samuel Adams said, “Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an asylum on earth for civil and religious liberty.”
Governments Are The Oppressors
James Madison said, “Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace.”
There Are Two Ways to Conquer and Enslave a Nation
John Adams said, “There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation; one is by the sword and the other is by debt.”
Concealed Transactions
Patrick Henry said, “The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.”
Government’s First Duty
Ronald Reagan said, “Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.”