Wednesday, June 10, 2009

who were the Tyrants our Founding Fathers Called Tyrants?

A: "Abuse of power isn't limited to bad guys in other nations. It happens in our own country if we are not vigilant." Clint Eastwood

A: "Remember it is not by a tyrant's words we know him, but only by his deeds." Dwight D. Eisenhower

A:  "We imprison petty thieves and appoint the greater ones to public office." - Aesop

A:  "The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny."  Hugo Black

A: "Man will ultimately be governed by GOD or by ty-rants." Benjamin Franklin

A:   "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians, not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ! For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.” Patrick Henry 1765 

A:"O! Ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!" Thomas Paine

A:"I believe in one God, and no more; and I hope for happiness beyond this life. 
"I believe in the equality of man, and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, loving mercy, and endeavoring to make our fellow-creatures happy." Thomas Paine



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