Thursday, September 9, 2010

Quote of the day

"I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered; and the easier repaired when disordered..." --Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)

2 comments:

Hempy said...

As usual, you misquote or only partially quote to promote your feudalistic agenda. Paine wrote:

"I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any thing is, the less liable it is to be disordered, and the easier repaired when disordered; and with this maxim in view I offer a few remarks on the so much boasted constitution of England. That it was noble for the dark and slavish times in which it was erected, is granted. When the world was overrun with tyranny the least remove therefrom was a glorious rescue. But that it is imperfect, subject to convulsions, and incapable of producing what it seems to promise is easily demonstrated."

Paine was criticizing the feudalistic form of government that you and your Republican, Libertarian and teabaggers want to promote -- a tyrannical form of feudalism.

Republican cannot produce what they promise. For example, tax cuts for the wealthiest few doesn't stimulate the economic. If anything it strangulates it, the consequences we are still suffering from.

Anonymous said...

I wonder if Hempy's nickname has anything to do with smoking hemp? Gee wiz, if so, put the pipe down and take an honest look around. It's Obama's Socialist-Democrat Administration who are acting like tyrants and trying to make serfs of us all.
It's never enough for Tyrants. Example: Taxpayer Funded food stamps and unemployment checks isn't enough stimulus... they want more, more and more. They, the TAXBAGGERS wont be happy til they have it all.