The following set of quotes were originally complied by the Independent Journal Review. They had lots of pictures of the men and women to whom the quotes belong. All I have done is place them side by side in a chart to make the contrast more clear.
The quotes contrast the intellect of the Founding Fathers with that of the modern Democratic Party. They also show how out of step with the founders of the nation, the nation’s current Democratic leadership is. Maybe that doesn’t sound very important to some but it should. If we are serious about being a nation of laws and serious about being guided by our Constitution, it is a serious thing to depart so radically from its principles.
If I had the time, I would put another list together to show how out of step the Republican leadership is from the founders as well. Bottom line, our nation needs better leaders from both parties. Thank God for all these dead men. Pray for all these men and women who are so radically opposed to all that they stood for.
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Founding Fathers |
21st Century Democratic Leadership |
| “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”
—George Washington, |
“Guess what this liberal would be all about? This liberal would be about socializing … uh, umm. … Would be about, basically, taking over, and the government running all of your companies.”
—Maxine Waters, |
| “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 |
“But we have to pass the bill (the 2,500+ page ‘Affordable HealthCare’ bill), to find out what’s in it, away from the fog of controversy.”
—Nancy Pelosi, |
| “My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.”
—Thomas Jefferson, Drafter of the Declaration of Independence |
“Why would you want to put people in charge of government who just don’t want to do it? I mean, you wouldn’t expect to see al Qaeda members as pilots.”
—Alan Grayson, Florida Representative |
| “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.”
—Samuel Adams |
“I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in exceptionalism.”
—Barack Obama, 45th President |
| “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
—John Adams, 2nd President
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“During my service in the United states Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.”
—Al Gore, |
| “It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.”
—Ben Franklin, Philosopher and
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“We know that no one person can succeed unless everybody succeeds.”
—Howard Dean, |
| “In the general course of human nature, a power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.”
—Alexander Hamilton, |
“Look, John’s last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs.”
—Joe Biden, |
| “I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.”
—George Mason, |
“If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States, for an outright ban, picking up everyone of them (every gun) Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ‘em all in. I would have done it.”
—Dianne Feinstein, |
| “Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it.”
—Thomas Paine, Writer of the famous pamphlet, ‘Common Sense’. |
“The American people do not like privatization. … And they don’t like benefit cuts. And everyone here should understand … [the] Senate Democrats are united. We are not going to let this happen.”
—Harry Reid,
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Perhaps this quote from James Madison, the framer of the Constitution sums it up best:
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”—James Madison— |
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