tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34342617123244973332026-08-18T10:57:08.071-07:00Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434261712324497333.post-5739402009574801472025-12-06T15:12:00.000-08:002025-12-08T11:23:23.143-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFlWQhRCeW-6oQhP1G5xIYWTytfPdjTcSqTTn6dRgSwPfMPRph1n0ovsO6N9v21IviYAZwYICMCDS8dd-quG_1hdcGr6FCHS_5RVRNNz8aM6EcIas3Lq_DXZnnC8jzeAdXxYr6xrEspXj/s1600/493px-James_Madison.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 405px; height: 492px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFlWQhRCeW-6oQhP1G5xIYWTytfPdjTcSqTTn6dRgSwPfMPRph1n0ovsO6N9v21IviYAZwYICMCDS8dd-quG_1hdcGr6FCHS_5RVRNNz8aM6EcIas3Lq_DXZnnC8jzeAdXxYr6xrEspXj/s400/493px-James_Madison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523203977769486898" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere..</span></span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434261712324497333.post-66121647976795640052025-12-01T15:10:00.000-08:002025-12-08T11:23:12.088-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikijWYML4_gD5PvJg18PMSPeeUUV3ixft4EOU1wh9B6y-VYey6LLha4KajNoEgZ2rWrYvqhq20ggCq_yxfzx-GQAqjLWaWCNJ5TYKUwqSvzsRqdHnZ55Sn9Cqr8-9nPkXvSpPZ6gCab-Nl/s1600/394px-James_Madison_Portrait2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 497px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikijWYML4_gD5PvJg18PMSPeeUUV3ixft4EOU1wh9B6y-VYey6LLha4KajNoEgZ2rWrYvqhq20ggCq_yxfzx-GQAqjLWaWCNJ5TYKUwqSvzsRqdHnZ55Sn9Cqr8-9nPkXvSpPZ6gCab-Nl/s400/394px-James_Madison_Portrait2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523203836644667202" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="body">Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.</span></span><br /></div>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434261712324497333.post-22835229830051081132011-07-11T20:09:00.001-07:002016-09-04T08:42:33.885-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaR6h10fsbXn4yfH6iiDD3ZRGKw0BmF1cAG_Faae0vcBXqmKX2nriwe7hVBijSeob4-z-tFMT_ih6IlIjRZtYV5mRbUe54DpyYFvgPUYfI4S7J2iSxZX_u9xiv06IXB0KmzLjPIJtVtEwc/s1600/jm.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaR6h10fsbXn4yfH6iiDD3ZRGKw0BmF1cAG_Faae0vcBXqmKX2nriwe7hVBijSeob4-z-tFMT_ih6IlIjRZtYV5mRbUe54DpyYFvgPUYfI4S7J2iSxZX_u9xiv06IXB0KmzLjPIJtVtEwc/s320/jm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628297704899147186" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.</span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434261712324497333.post-89110280199293310382010-10-01T15:09:00.000-07:002016-09-04T08:42:33.904-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived...</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434261712324497333.post-72848825298202125992010-10-01T15:08:00.000-07:002016-09-04T08:42:33.898-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power...</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434261712324497333.post-40898135096621740802010-10-01T15:07:00.000-07:002016-09-04T08:42:33.888-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation...</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434261712324497333.post-77289614420354949572010-10-01T14:58:00.002-07:002016-09-04T08:42:33.901-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">Americans have the right and advantage of being armed; unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms...</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434261712324497333.post-58185948287698523442010-10-01T14:58:00.001-07:002016-09-04T08:42:33.893-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span class="body">As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights...</span></span>Phoenixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15164414434234382281noreply@blogger.com