TheRealMafoo said:
Me too! :) Just for fun, some great quotes from John Adams: Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak. 1. Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation. 2. Fear is the foundation of most governments.
And the one that's is as true today as it ever was...
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty. |
1. This is hard today with all major news sources being owned by huge companies that have agendas that coencide with the politicians they lobbey to.
At least the internet is helping to counter this a little.
2. This was obvious during Bush's time in office and is starting to look like a trend in Obama's too.







