When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.
-Thomas Paine
Monthly Archives: November 2006
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On the Limitations of Political Party and the Grand Experiment of Our Forefathers
It is the nature and intention of a constitution to prevent governing by party, by establishing a common principle that shall limit and control the power and impulse of party, and that says to all parties, thus far shalt thou go and no further. But in the absence of a constitution, men look entirely to …
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On the Escalating Violene in Iraq and the Middle East
“That there are men in all countries who get their living by war, and by keeping up the quarrels of nations, is as shocking as it is true; but when those who are concerned in the government of a country, make it their study to sow discord, and cultivate prejudices between nations, it becomes the more unpardonable.”
On Creating Your Own Reality
We have it in our power to begin the world over again.