“The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment. The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security.” ShouldFirstsRealGovernmentLawSecretSecurityMilitaryFundamentalsExpensesBroadsAmendmentsRepresentativesVagueFirst AmendmentDiplomaticGeneralitiesGuardingRepresentative Government Author:Hugo Black
“Among a people without fellow-feeling, especially if they read and speak different languages, the united public opinion, necessary to the working of the representative government, cannot exist.” PeopleIfsDifferentFeelingsGovernmentSpeakLanguageUnitedOpinionFellowsRepresentativesPublic OpinionDifferent LanguagesRepresentative GovernmentFellow Feeling Book:Considerations on Representative Government Source: Considerations on Representative Government
“Unity is the only way in which the people of this country can overthrow the fascists, communists, capitalists, and all the other assholes who claim running a representative government is so difficult. The emphasis has been taken from the Bill of Rights and placed on the type of interpretation of the Constitution that best suits the people in power.” PeopleWayHas BeensCountryGovernmentRunningDifficultTakenRightsTypeConstitutionClaimsBillsUnitySuitsInterpretationCommunistCapitalistRepresentativesEmphasisFascistsBill Of RightsRepresentative Government Author:William Powell
“We have now in our possession three instruments of civilization, unknown to antiquity. These are the art of printing; free representative government; and, lastly, a pure and spiritual religion, the deep fountain of generous enthusiasm, the mighty spring of bold and lofty designs, the great sanctuary of moral power.” ArtGovernmentSpiritualThreeMoralChristianityDesignCivilizationPureSpringInstrumentsPossessionEnthusiasmGenerousRepresentativesFountainSanctuaryLoftyPrintingAntiquityRepresentative Government Author:Edward Everett
“the whole flavor and quality of the American representative government turns to ashes on the tongue, if one regards that government as simply an inferior and rather second-rate sort of corporation.” IfsWholeGovernmentTurnsQualityRegardRateTongueCorporationsRepresentativesAshesInferiorsFlavorSecond RateRepresentative Government Book:The Folks at Home Source: The Folks at Home