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ORIGINAL: Champlain Islander
He was elected by the people to lead...let him do it and vote for a new person in 08.
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Like hell he was elected by the people....A court gave him the election..Get it straight..
Who are the false patriots of this country???
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That we are to stand by the president, right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Theodore Roosevelt
Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official...
Theodore Roosevelt
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
George Washington
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Albert Einstein
All men having power ought to be mistrusted.
James Madison
It is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.
Theodore Roosevelt
hope....that mankind will at length, as they call themselves responsible creatures, have the reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats...
Benjamin Franklin
Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.
James Madison
An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.
Thomas Paine
The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature.
James Madison
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Thomas Jefferson
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
James Madison
The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders...tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.
-Herman Goering