“The founders understood that democracy would inevitably evolve into a system of legalized plunder unless the plundered were given numerous escape routes and constitutional protections such as the separation of powers, the Bill of Rights, election of senators by state legislators, the electoral college, no income taxation, most governmental functions performed at the state and local levels, and myriad other constitutional limitations on the powers of the central government.” StatesGovernmentGivenLevelsDemocracyRightsCollegeUnderstoodFunctionElectionBillsProtectionSeparationIncomeLocalsLimitationEvolveFoundersSenatorsRoutesTaxationIncome TaxLegislatorsBill Of RightsPlunderSeparation Of PowersElectoral CollegeCentral Government Author:Thomas DiLorenzo
“We have our difficulties, true; but we are a wiser and a tougher nation than we were in 1932. Never have there been six years of such far flung internal preparedness in all of history. And this has been done without any dictator's power to command, without conscription of labor or confiscation of capital, without concentration camps and without a scratch on freedom of speech, freedom of the press or the rest of the Bill of Rights.” YearsHas BeensDoneNationsDemocracyRightsSpeechSixLaborDifficultyBillsPressesCommandInternalsConcentrationCampsDictatorFreedom Of SpeechWiserScratchesBill Of RightsFreedom Of The PressPreparednessConcentration CampConscription Book:The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt Source: The Essential Franklin Delano Roosevelt
“Obamacare is a crime against democracy because a material part of that bill was not disclosed to the Senate nor to the House of Representatives. The funding was hidden in the bill. That was fraud and I can't vote for any budget that fails to bring back that money from Obamacare.” I CanHouseDemocracyFailingCrimeMaterialsVoteBillsBudgetsFraudSenateRepresentativesFundingObamacareHouse Of Representatives Author:Michele Bachmann
“[The healthcare bill is a] headlong rush into socialism....we will not stand for the Obama-Pelosi-Reid hijacking of our freedom and democracy so they can impose their socialist 'utopia' of higher taxes, restricted access, inferior quality, and deadly inefficiency on the best health care system in the world....You and the RNC are all that stand between the Democrats' scheme to take more of your hard-earned income to pay for this unsustainable, freedom destroying entitlement and an opportunity to work for real, truly bipartisan step-by-step solutions.” WorldRealHardCareOpportunityPayQualityStepsDemocracyHigherTaxesSolutionsBillsDemocratAccessIncomeSocialismHealth CareDestroyingHealthcareSchemesSocialistInferiorsUtopiaEntitlementBipartisanInefficiencyHealth Care SystemHijacking Author:Michael Steele
“Democracy is the eagle on the back of a dollar bill, with 13 arrows in one claw, 13 leaves on a branch, 13 tail feathers, and 13 stars over its head - this signifies that when the white man came to this country, it was bad luck for the Indians, bad luck for the trees, bad luck for the wildlife, and lights out for the American eagle.” MenCountryLightStarsWhiteDemocracyTreeLuckBillsDollarsBranchesOver ItTailsWhite ManFeathersEaglesArrowsWildlifeBad LuckClawsDollar BillsAmerican Eagle Author:Johnny Carson
“I love talking about the Kennedy assasination. The reason I do is because I'm fascinated by it. I'm fascinated that our government could lie to us so blatantly, so obviously for so long, and we do absolutely nothing about it. I think that's interesting in what is ostensibly a democracy. Sarcasm - come on in. People say Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, alright? It's a long time ago, just forget it. I'm like, alright, then don't bring up Jesus to me. As long as we're talking shelf life here.” PeopleThinkingMenLongReasonGovernmentLyingJesusForgetInterestingTalkingDemocracyLong TimeBillsQuittingSarcasmFascinatedShelvesForget ItLong Time AgoLet It GoAlrightAbsolutely NothingShelf LifeJust Let It Go Author:Bill Hicks
“Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.” GovernmentTodayPoliticalLibertyDemocracyRightsConstitutionBillsCongressLibertarianUsaAmendmentsLibertarianismCommitteesBill Of Rights Author:F. Lee Bailey
“It turned out that [Bill] Clinton had authorized Texaco to illegally ship oil to the military junta [in Haiti] during a time when we were supposedly opposing the military junta and supporting democracy instead.” DemocracyMilitaryBillsClintonOilShipsOpposingHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wires. The day the marines landed in Haiti and restored [ Jan Bètran] Aristide there was a lot of excitement about the dedication to democracy and so on. But the day before the marines landed, when every journalist was looking at Haiti because it was assumed that something big was happening, the AP wires reported that then [Bill] Clinton administration had authorized Texaco to ship oil illegally to the military junta.” IfsLooksBigsDemocracyHappenedMilitaryInformationHappeningsFlowDirectBillsPressesConstantClintonOilAccessShipsAdministrationJournalistExcitementDedicationMarineWireHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“Democracy, in any rational form, also imposes conditions on majority rule. That's what the Bill of Rights is about, for example.” FormDemocracyRightsConditionsExampleBillsMajorityRationalBill Of RightsMajority Rule Author:Noam Chomsky