Hamilton talk about our Rulers and our Constitution
The Federalist Patriot — Founders’ Quote Daily “But though the adversaries of the proposed Constitution should presume that the national rulers would be insensible to the motives of public good, or to the obligations of duty, I would still ask them how the interests of ambition, or the views of encroachment, can be promoted by [...]
A Founder on the preservation of peace
The Federalist Patriot — Founders’ Quote Daily “To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.” –George Washington
Newsweek bashing America abroad?
Captain Ed over at Captain’s Quarters has this to say: In short, while the pleas for mercy now originate at the top and use more effusive language, the message has remained the same — we’re sorry for doing nothing wrong, we won’t explain our editorial decisions in running this story, and it’s all the Pentagon’s [...]
George Washingon’s take on the victory
The Federalist Patriot — Founders’ Quote Daily “We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die: Our won Country’s Honor, all call upon us for vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us therefore rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the [...]
Alexander Hamilton on When Laws are Broken
The Federalist Patriot — Founders’ Quote Daily “Government implies the power of making laws. It is essential to the idea of a law, that it be attended with a sanction; or, in other words, a penalty or punishment for disobedience.” –Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 15
On Militias and the Bearing of Arms
The Federalist Patriot — Founders’ Quote Daily “[W]hereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them; nor does it follow from this, that all promiscuously must go into actual service on every occasion. The mind that [...]
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