State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters.
Coldly it lies; and this lie slips from its mouth:
"I, the state, am the people."
-----Lysander Spooner

Liberty and Nothing Less


Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force.
Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
-George Washington

George Washington was the indispensable man in US history. He well understood the natural character of government and led the fight for American Liberty against oppression. Unfortunately today we Americans are still fighting the same fight except it is not against a foreign government but our own.

I leave you with a final thought by syndicated radio talk show host Paul Harvey to ruminate:

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?

Quote of the Day: Let the Guilty Go Free

6.23.2008 by skeiser , , ,

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. --Thomas Jefferson
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Have you ever heard the saying, "Well they got off on a technicality?" Then the person might add on something to the extent of "well put them in jail anyway," because the evidence exists that they are guilty. Other similar instances include the crime being so heinous that people say forget the trial and just lock them away. Thomas Jefferson and the founders realized this problem from their own experiences in imperial England where people were arrested and convicted without due process.

The founders found this problem to be of such importance that half of the Bill of Rights (5 of the first 10 Amendments) dealt with this problem. Here is a list of the 1st 10 Amendments and links to their reading.
The administration of justice is one of the primary roles of government along with the insurance of rights to the individual to life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. While some people may get away with crimes they did commit, these "technicalities" presented in the Constitution ensure the protection of individuals from the corruption and whims of government. It is more dangerous that an innocent person could go to jail, lose their freedoms, and right to life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness than a guilty man going free.

This concept is not hard to understand. A government that is not limited in the pursuit of justice is a government that can take life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness away without question and without mode for recourse.

If we cannot ensure the the rights of the innocent than let the guilty go free for the opposite is most vile!

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It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape. --Thomas Jefferson

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