“If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified by the President and officers who have taken the oath and are under moral obligation to uphold it....they may substitute personal and arbitrary government-the first principle of the totalitarian system against which it has been alleged that World War II was waged-while giving lip service to the principle of constitutional government.” IfsWorldGivingFirstsMayHas BeensWarGovernmentAmericaPresidentMoralPrinciplesTakenConstitutionAffairLipsObligationWar Of The WorldsSubstitutesOfficersWorld War IiWorld War IArbitraryOathSanctionsPrecedentMoral ObligationLip ServiceConstitutional Government Author:Charles A. Beard
“It is only after mature deliberation and thorough preparation that I have decided upon the Program of Revolution and defined the procedure of the revolution in three stages. The first is the period of military government; the second, the period of political tutelage; and the third, the period of constitutional government.” FirstsGovernmentPoliticalThreeStageMilitaryRevolutionPeriodsProgramDecidedThirdsDefinedPreparationMatureProceduresThoroughDeliberationConstitutional GovernmentTutelage Author:Sun Yat-sen
“The aim of constitutional government is to preserve the Republic; that of revolutionary government is to lay its foundation.” GovernmentAimFoundationLaysPreservesRevolutionaryRepublicConstitutional Government Author:Maximilien Robespierre
“There is a difference between constitutional government and judicial dictatorship, and I think it's time we remembered that our Constitution was not put together in order to establish the sovereignty of the judges, it was framed in order to guarantee the sovereignty of the people.” PeopleThinkingGovernmentTogetherOrderDifferencesJudgingConstitutionRememberedGuaranteesDictatorshipSovereigntyJudicialFramedConstitutional Government Author:Alan Keyes
“If we add state capitalism to the Bush administration's success in eroding both the US Constitution and the power of Congress, we may be witnessing the final death of accountable constitutional government.” IfsMayStatesGovernmentCapitalismConstitutionAddFinalsCongressAdministrationUs ConstitutionConstitutional Government Book:How the Economy was Lost: The War of the Worlds Source: How the Economy was Lost: The War of the Worlds