We do not mean that our people shall be burdened with oppressive taxes to provide sinecures for the idle or the wicked under color of providing for a civil list. (Thomas Jefferson)
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Jefferson on Taxes
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Monday, April 28, 2014
James Madison on Laws
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what it will be tomorrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule which is little known, and less fixed? (James Madison)
Friday, April 25, 2014
Jefferson on Government
When the Government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the Government, there is tyranny.
Jefferson on the Judiciary
Jefferson was an advocate for judicial restraint...
One single object...will merit the endless gratitude of the society: that of restraining the judges from usurping legislation.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Jefferson on Veto
Speaking of veto power, Jefferson observed,
The negative of the President can never be used more pleasingly to the public than in the protection of the Constitution.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Jefferson on Correct Spelling
Jefferson was an egalitarian advocate for correct spelling...
Take care that you never spell a word wrong. Always before you write a word, consider how it is spelled; and if you do not remember it, turn to a dictionary. It produces great praise to a lady to spell well. (Thomas Jefferson, to his wife Martha Jefferson)
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