“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elected, may justly be pronounced as the very definition of tyranny.” – James Madison
Author: Larry Vaughn
The Author of the Constitution Said:
“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.”
Utopian Schemes of Leveling
“The utopian schemes of leveling and a community of goods, are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown. These ideas are arbitrary, despotic, and in our government, unconstitutional.” – Samuel Adams
A Species of Legalized Larceny
“The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny.” – Calvin Coolidge
Under the Dark Veil of Secrecy
“Congress may carry on the most wicked and pernicious of schemes under the dark veil of secrecy. The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.” – Patrick Henry
Words Mean What I Choose them to Mean — No More, No Less
“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” – From Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carrol
The Right To Be Left Alone
“The right most valued by all civilized men is the right to be left alone.” – Louis D. Brandeis
And Still They Continue to Lie
“We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie.” – Alexander Solzhenitsyn
When Plunder Becomes a Way of Life
“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” – Frederic Bastiat
A New Type of State
“Soviet power is a new type of state in which there is no bureaucracy, no police, no standing army.”