“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” – Thomas Jefferson
Tag: liberty
To Protect Us From Ourselves
“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
Liberty Once Lost, Is Gone Forever
John Adams said, “But a Constitution of government once changed from freedom can never be restored. Liberty once lost, is gone forever.”
Our Rights Come From God
And yet the same revolutionary belief for which our forebearers fought is still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. – John F. Kennedy
George Washington’s First Inaugural Address
In his First Inaugural Address, George Washington clearly acknowledged God’s role in the founding of the United States. ” . . . it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official Act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the Universe, who presides in the Councils of Nations, and whose…