WORDS OF WISDOM - JAMES MADISON, 1795
"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes. And armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended. Its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war. . . and in the degeneracy of manners and morals, engendered by both. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare." : - James Madison, April 20, 1795
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DOES ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? "continual warfare"? What do the Neocons promise us? "The Long War" of about 70 more years?
We, the People, MUST re-take our country.
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DOES ANY OF THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? "continual warfare"? What do the Neocons promise us? "The Long War" of about 70 more years?
We, the People, MUST re-take our country.
2 Comments:
At Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:20:00 PM , Ingrid said...
Great words. There are times when I read something that was written several hundreds years ago and then I think, what do 'we' think we are? More sophisticated and intelligent purely by the amount of knowledge we have acquired? Knowledge and understanding of 'truth' and human psychology is ageless..
great words indeed.
Ingrid
At Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:42:00 PM , JBlue said...
Bring back that Enlightenment, eh?
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