“In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an independent, uncontrolled and uncoordinated government in the Federal Reserve System, operating the money powers which are reserved to Congress by the Constitution.” TwoStatesGovernmentUnitedLibertyUnited StatesEffectsConstitutionIndependentCongressLibertarianLibertarianismReservesReservedFederal ReserveLimiting GovernmentMoney Power Author:Wright Patman
“The American people want jobs and economic growth. Congress is doing nothing to provide that. The American people want their constitutional liberties protected. Congress is doing nothing to provide that.” PeopleWantJobsGrowthLibertyEconomicCongressProtectedDoing NothingEconomic Growth Author:Ted Cruz
“The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress.” PoliticalPoliticsTermLibertySecurityMembersElectionCongressRotationTerm Limits Book:The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States Source: The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States
“That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights of conscience.” SaidLibertyRightsArmsBearsGunConscienceConstitutionPressesCongressAmendmentsGun ControlFoundingFreedom And LibertySecond AmendmentFreedom LibertyOur Founding FathersFirearmsUs Founding FathersRight To Bear ArmsGun ViolenceBearing ArmsGun RightsRights And FreedomsPro GunFounding Fathers GunHandguns2 AmendmentFounding Fathers Second AmendmentAmendment 1Amending The ConstitutionAmendment 19Amendment 4Pro Gun ControlHandgun BanPolice Protection Author:John Adams
“Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.” DoeGovernmentPoliticalLibertyCongressLibertarianLibertarianismLimited FreedomGreat LibertarianFidgetingTalk Is Cheap Author:Cullen Hightower
“I believe in a wall between church and state so high that no one can climb over it. When religion controls government, political liberty dies; and when government controls religion, religious liberty perishes. Every American has the constitutional right not to be taxed or have his tax money expended for the establishment of religion. For too long the issue of government aid to church related organizations has been a divisive force in our society and in the Congress. It has erected communication barriers among our religions and fostered intolerance.” BelieveLongHas BeensStatesGovernmentPoliticalDiesForceI BelieveChurchReligiousLibertyIssuesAtheismCommunicationWallTaxesOrganizationCongressI Believe InAidsRelatedClimbsOur SocietyBarriersOver ItEstablishmentIntoleranceChurch And StateReligious LibertyGovernment Aid Author:Sam Ervin
“Some members of Congress will claim that the federal government needs the power to monitor Americans in order to allow the government to operate more efficiently. I would remind my colleagues that, in a constitutional republic, the people are never asked to sacrifice their liberties to make the jobs of government officials easier.” PeopleNeedsGovernmentJobsOrderLibertySacrificeEasierMembersClaimsCongressOfficialsRepublicColleaguesFederal GovernmentGovernment Officials Author:Ron Paul
“Our lives, our liberty, and our property are never in greater danger than when Congress is in session.” LibertyGreaterOur LivesDangerPropertyCongressSession Author:Mark Twain
“The new laws passed by Congress in the name of fighting terrorism pose a greater danger to the civil liberties of American citizens than to the operations of terrorists. Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.” LawDiesFightingNamesLibertyGreaterDangerCitizensCongressTerrorismTerroristOperationsBureaucracyCivil LibertiesAmerican CitizensFighting Terrorism Author:Charley Reese
“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
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” PeopleMenPoliticalFreedomLibertyDemocracyMastersArmsConstitutionCourtCongressLibertarianFoundersFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyOur Founding FathersProperty RightsUs HistoryLimited GovernmentDemocracies HaveUs Founding FathersRight To Bear ArmsPerversionBearing ArmsLimiting GovernmentFounding Fathers Of AmericaFounding AmericaLimited FreedomPolitical WillPolitical FreedomPower And ControlUs ConstitutionAmerica FreedomLimiting FreedomAmending The ConstitutionPurpose Of GovernmentAuthority And ResponsibilityHouse DividedCongress And The President Author:Abraham Lincoln