When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." Thomas Jefferson
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March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801; Vice President under George Washington April 21, 1789-March 4, 1797; US Minister to Great Britain April 1, 1785-March 30, 1788; US Minister to the Netherlands April 19, 1782-March 30, 1788; Delegate to the 2nd Continental Congress from Massachusetts May 10, 1775-June 27, 1778; Delegate to the 1st Continental Congress from Massachusetts Bay September 5, 1774-October 26, 1774. Born October 30, 1735 in Braintree Massachusetts (now Quincy) and died July 4 1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was a Federalist who attended the Congregationalist church and later became Unitarian.
"Those who trade liberty for security have neither."
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John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), Sixth President of the United States
The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: It connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity. From the day of the Declaration … they [the American people] were bounded by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of the Gospel, which they nearly all acknowledge as the rules of their conduct.
John Quincy Adams
July 4, 1821
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Live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shudders & says... "Oh no - she's awake!" Anonymous
We are not human beings going through a temporary Spiritual experience. We are
spiritual beings going through a temporary Human experience.
Anonymous
"Don't cry because it's over--smile because it happened."
“A Cherokee elder sitting with his grandchildren told them, “In
every life there is a terrible fight – a fight between two
wolves. One is evil: he is fear, anger, envy, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, resentment and deceit. The other is good: he is joy,
serenity, humility, peace, generosity, truth, gentleness, and
compassion.” A child asked, “Grandfather, which wolf will win?”
The elder looked him in the eye. “The one you feed.”
Anonymous
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(12 January 1729–9 July 1797) was an Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist and philosopher who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party. He is mainly remembered for his support of the cause of the American Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." Edmund Burke
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Reverend Ray Emery - Pastor of Midway Baptist Church (SBC), Wichita, Kansas
"You won't go the hell for smoking, you'll just smell like you've been there." Ray Emery
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"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself." Benjamin Franklin
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Commanding General of the US Army March 9, 1864 - March 4, 1869; President from March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877 Born April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio & died July 23, 1885 in Wilton, NY. He was a Republican who attended the Methodist Church.
As President he led the Radical Republicans in their effort to eliminate all vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery; he effectively destroyed the Ku Klux Klan in 1871. His reputation was marred by his repeated defense of corrupt appointees, and by the deep economic depression (called the "Panic of 1873") that dominated his second term. Although his Republican Party split in 1872 with reformers denouncing him, Grant was easily reelected. By 1874 the opposition was gaining strength and as he left the White House in March 1877, conservative white southerners regained control of every state in the South and Reconstruction ended on a note of failure as the civil rights of blacks were not secure.
Hold fast to the Bible as the sheet anchor of your liberties; write its precepts on your hearts and practice them in your lives. To the influence of this book we are indebted for the progress made, and to this we must look as our guide in the future." Ulysses S. Grant
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My Kingdom is wide as the Universe and my wants have no limits. I go forward always, freeing spirits and weighing words, without fear, without compassion, without love, without God. I am called Science. Gustave Flaubert
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The Constitution is NOT an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.” –
1819 - 1891
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happened. James Russell Lowell
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Thomas Jefferson - Statesman, planter, lawyer; USA one of the Founding fathers; Principal author & signer of the Declaration of Independence; Democratic-Republican; Gov of VA 1779-1781; US Ambassador to France 1785-1789; 1st US Secretary of State 1789-1793; 2nd Vice President 1797-1801; 3rd President 1801-1809 (LA Purchase 1803; Lewis & Clark Expedition 1804-1806); He was a horticulturist, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, inventor and founder of the University of Virginia. When President John F. Kennedy welcomed 49 Nobel Prize winners to the White House in 1962 he said, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House – with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson
When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. Thomas Jefferson
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." Thomas Jefferson
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have". Thomas Jefferson
"The two enemies of the people
are criminals and the government, so let us tie the second down
with the chains of the Constitution so it does not become a
legalized version of the first."
Thomas Jefferson
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Benjamin Netanyahu - Prime Minister of Israel Jun 1996 - Jul 1999; Foreign Minister 2002-2003; Finance Minister 2003-Aug 2005; Leader of the Knesset & Chairman of the Likud Party 2005, 2006; formed a coalition government 2009; presently Prime Minister of Israel 31 March 2009 -.
"If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel."
Benjamin Netanyahu בנימין נתניהו___________________________________________
Those Who will not be ruled by God will be ruled by TYRANTS." William Penn
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Frances Mable McCrory-Meservy - Christian, Lay Home Missionary, author, poet
God created the earth old so it could sustain life just as he created Adam and Eve old so they could procreate life. Fran Meservy
Since God is love, don't you suppose He is more interested in relationships than anything else? Fran Meservy
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Theodore Roosevelt - 26th President of the United States
'In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American... There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.' Theodore Roosevelt
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