“To announce that there must be no criticism of the
president, or 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.” -Teddy Roosevelt
“Our political system is based not upon trust, but
upon suspicion.”
-Thomas Jefferson
“A popular government, without popular information
or the means of
acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce
or a tragedy.” -James Madison
“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time
and your government
when they deserve it.” -Mark Twain
“What luck for rulers that men do not think.” -Adolph Hitler
“The great majority of mankind is satisfied with appearances,
as though
they were realities.” -Karl
Rove
Slide 32- The Bush administration is the current manifestation of this long-established trend. It is far worse than the colonial government of George III against which our founding fathers rebelled, pledging their “lives, property and sacred honor” to secure the nation we now have and are failing to protect from a political cancer within. Our founding fathers were wealthy land owners with far more to lose than most of us. So what holds us back?It is gullibility and timidity upon which the Roves of the world depend.