Quote of the Day -- Thomas Jefferson

Happy birthday, Mr. President, born this day, 1743.

I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.

--Thomas Jefferson

We can't say we weren't warned.  And we risk failure by not acting.

Quote of the day -- on statesmanship

Another important documentary coming out soon

This one is on the BP Gulf oil spill and our government's work--or lack of it--in the capping and cleanup, after the fact.
It opens June 19. Please take the time to see it, for all our sake.

"An informed citizenry is the bulwark of a democracy." --Thomas Jefferson

Link: http://truth-out.org/news/item/9261-the-big-fix-documentary-exposes-bp-us-government-on-gulf-disaster

Quote of the day

In response to Rick Santorum's statement about college

"It is safer to have the whole people respectfully enlightened than a few in a high state of science and the many in ignorance." --Thomas Jefferson

Quote of the day

"The selfish spirit of commerce knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain." --Thomas Jefferson, 1809

Quote of the day--on government and the "delclaration of rights"

"By a declaration of rights, I mean one which shall stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce against monopolies, trial by juries in all cases, no suspensions of the habeas corpus, no standing armies. These are fetters against doing evil which no honest government should decline." ..........Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Donald, February 7, 1788, Papers, 12:571

As the Beach Boys used to sing:  "Wouldn't it be nice?"

Oh, and Mr. Obama, we really would like that habeas corpus back.

Permanently.


I took this quote, too, from that blog of which I just became aware:  http://www.nocorprule.blogspot.com/

Quote of the day--just to stir up trouble

Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law. -Thomas Jefferson, letter to Dr. Thomas Cooper, February 10, 1814