James Madison Quote

"If this spirit shall ever be so far debased as to tolerate a law not obligatory on the legislature, as well as on the people, the people will be prepared to tolerate anything but liberty."

by:	James Madison (1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President
Source:	THE FEDERALIST No. 57
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Categories:	Apathy, Character, Government, Justice, Legitimacy, Liberty, Obedience, Oppression, Tolerance
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We hold this truth to be self evident - proven over, and over, and over again.  -- Mike, Norwalk      2
Obamacare is apparently NOT good enough for the government...but good enough for the sheeple....hypocrites!  -- J Carlton, Calgary      2
I sure wish we had that SPIRIT OF 76 today.  -- cal, lewisville, tx      2
George Orwell; Animal Farm: "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." Hence we have one set of laws for "The Rulers" and another for the common people.  -- Ernie Garland, DeLand      2
Ernie said it well.  -- jim k, Austin,Tx      2
Nothing but the truth!  -- JK, Phoenix, AZ      2
We allow it, so we can't complain unless we take that privilege away from them.  -- GunnyCee, Durham      3
OH HOW I MOURN THE PASSING OF OUR ONCE GREAT NATION... WOULD THAT THERE WERE ENOUGH OF THE YOUNG AND STRONG WILLING TO FIGHT TO GET IT BACK ! I AM TOO OLD TO MAN THE BARRICADES BUT I CAN STILL PASS THE AMMUNITION AND RELOAD.  -- E KENT, PORTLAND OR      1
Don't give up. Don't ever, ever give up. If nothing else spread the wisdom. Send these to everyone you know. God Bless America!  -- Sherri, WILLIS, TX USA      3
Which candidate seeking the high office of President would not move to the front were he or she to espouse a Constitutional Amendment requiring that each member of the legislature and administration, past and present, would have to be obligated to the same laws as the rest of us?  -- Gary Mullennix, Naples, FL      1
Created equal should pertain to the legislature; laws should apply to all Americans. We must rise up and protect our liberty or fall to loss of all liberty except for the few who feel themselves above the laws they pass on the rest of us.  -- Gail Mathews, Mesilla      1
-- Ronw13, Idaho
Madison's warning about the legislature's accountability resonates deeply today. A system where those who make the rules are also bound by them is critical for true liberty. It reminds me of ensuring fair play, even in games like Retro Bowl . Everyone plays by the same rules for a level playing field.  -- Mike, Paducah
Everyone is obligated to harmonize with the laws promoting humanity.   -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown      1
Sillik, obligation?  You are not harmonizing with the the laws that promote humanity (individual sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty at nature's law). Who is legally compelling or requiring each individual, other than you, to promote humanity. From your religious perspective, please define promote humanity  -- Mike, Norwalk      1
Mike, Norwalk, you're harmonizing is merely harmonizing with problem, trying to take advantage of the disadvantaged.  The harmonizing I propose is harmonizing with the solution. The human harmonizing is allowing everyone an equal share of the productive environment.  Its a winner Mike, everyone wins.  The win/win option is the only option.   -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown      1
Correction on previous post: (your harmonizing)  -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown
Mike, Norwalk, In addition, I would like to make it plain, harmony is probably the wrong term to describe you and everyone else that seems to want to kill me.  Alignment, with misleading and misrepresentation of what is real that you and the rest of the "insane clown posse"  represent, is more likely the term.  We must harmonize with what regenerates the life process.  Being aware of  our environmental responsibilities by positive community responses is harmony, maiming and murdering is never the human answer.  Maiming and murder is disharmony and alienation from the human designation.  Reason, tolerance, explanations are the harmonizing instruments of the orchestra that conveys the human message to the universe. Sanity is the name of the human song and its all the universal rage.   -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown      1
In addition to debasing the spirit, Mr Reagan's evil empire, for only Mr Reagan could project, rears it head again.  Case in point, a very effervescent, warm, beautiful smile was captured in 1939 of a Miss Rosemary Kennedy.  Consequently, she was lobotomized by that same evil clan of civilization destroyers for no doubt fighting back against sexual assaulters,  standard empire procedure attacking the opposition, just like another radiant opposer Mr Marilyn Monroe's character performed in the movie, Asphalt Jungle, swinging fists valiantly against her fiend attacker.  Lobotomist are evil empire weapons of destruction, nothing else.   -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown
Correction part 1: In addition to debasing the spirit, Mr Reagan's evil empire, for Mr Reagan could only project, once again, rears its ugly head. Case in point, a very effervescent, warm beautiful smile was captured on a photograph of a Miss Rosemary Kennedy in 1939. Consequently she was aggressively lobotomized, the only kind of lobotomy, by the way,  by that same Kennedy clan of evil civilization destroyers for no doubt fighting back against her sexual assaulters.   -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown      1
Correction part 2:  Lobotomies are no doubt standard empire procedure for those who oppose the immoral practices of the conventional empire.  This is similar to another radiant beauty's depiction of fighting valiantly against her evil attacker, fists flailing, determined to stop the fiend. Miss, and what a Miss, Marilyn Monroe in the movie Asphalt Jungle is no doubt capturing on film the real life battles of Miss Rosemary Kennedy.  The practitioners of Lobotomy are no doubt the sick individuals the evil empire deploys to put a halt to any progressiveness or progress.  How could a creatures displaying so little brain activity on their own accord, referring to these practitioners of lobotomy, perform a positive alteration on anyone's brain. Not possible.   -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown      1
Correction part 3: Just like to add, with all the hustling that goes, we couldn't possibly be, as limited as our information is at this historic point, brain alteration specialists.  Elon Musk's " neurolink" is pure fraud.  We can, however, alter the mind with appropriate information, I implore you to seek it out and find that information.  -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown      1
Correction: part 4, NOTE, positive brain alterations are inaccessible at this point. No one in their correct mindset causes brain damage.   -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown      1

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