Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietum servitium
“I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe. Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger. I fear that they may place too implicit a confidence in their public servants, and fail properly to scrutinize their conduct; that in this way they may be made the dupes of designing men, and become the instruments of their own undoing.”
Daniel Webster (June 1, 1837)

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Happy Birthday Bill of Rights

Monday, December 15th, 2008

It’s birthday time for America’s Bill of Rights. A document that was to clarify and enumerate the individual rights of the American citizenry. While one can argue that we have made a sport of destroying these rights we still have them. At least in one form or another. As a refresher course I have listed our “Top Ten” rights as envisioned by our founding Fathers. (More info on Bill of Rights)

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