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“Freedom of the press, freedom of association, the inviolability of domicile, and all the rest of the rights of man are respected so long as no one tries to use them against the privileged class. On the day they are launched against the privileged they are overthrown.”

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Peter Kropotkin

Peter Kropotkin was a Russian zoologist, geographer, and anarchist. Born on December 9, 1842, and died on February 8, 1921. Kropotkin is known for his research on mutualism and his contributions to anarchist theory. more

“Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, of course, lays out the delegated, enumerated, and therefore limited powers of Congress. Only through a deliberate misreading of the general welfare and commerce clauses of the Constitution has the federal government been allowed to overreach its authority and extend its tendrils into every corner of civil society.”

Government Courses Authority Constitution Lays Congress Corners Welfare Articles Commerce Federal Government Sections Deliberate Civil Society Clauses General Welfare Misreading Section 8

Author:Ed Crane

“The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of the press. In order to sanction a system of censorship I would have to say that "no law" does not mean what it says, that "no law" is qualified to mean "some" laws. I cannot take this step.”

Firsts Mean Doe States Law Order Steps Speech Presses Congress Censorship Amendments Freedom Of Speech Qualified Sanctions Fourteenth Amendment

Author:William O. Douglas

“It is fundamental that the great powers of Congress to conduct war and to regulate the Nation's foreign relations are subject to the constitutional requirements of due process. The imperative necessity for safeguarding these rights to procedural due process under the gravest of emergencies has existed throughout our constitutional history, for it is then, under the pressing exigencies of crisis, that there is the greatest temptation to dispense with fundamental constitutional guarantees which, it is feared, will inhibit governmental action.”

“Corruption is no stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident.”

Congress Corruption Stranger Residents

Book:All Honorable Men

Source: All Honorable Men

“No one in America fully understands the constantly changing Internal Revenue Code. Agents of the IRS do not, judges do not, congressmen do not, and most assuredly taxpayers do not.”

America Judging Congress Agents Code Internals Revenue Taxpayers Congressman Irs Do Not Judge

Author:G. Edward Griffin

“[W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War.”

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Book:Papers: Harold C. Syrett, Editor; Jacob E. Cooke, Associate Editor

Source: Papers: Harold C. Syrett, Editor; Jacob E. Cooke, Associate Editor

“Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress?”

Mean Hands Army Congress Defence Resisting Militia

Book:The Federalist Papers & Anti-Federalist Papers: Complete Edition of the Pivotal Constitution Debate: Including Articles of Confederation (1777), Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights & Other Amendments – All With Founding Fathers’ Arguments & Decisions about the Constitution

Source: The Federalist Papers & Anti-Federalist Papers: Complete Edition of the Pivotal Constitution Debate: Including Articles of Confederation (1777), Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights & Other Amendments – All With Founding Fathers’ Arguments & Decisions about the Constitution

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