Quotes From History Speak To Today

Courtesy of Patriot Post, here are a couple more great quotes from people that I wish were still living today, because we could really use their kind of leadership.

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on the objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents."
-- James Madison --

Translation: the Constitution does NOT give Congress the right to spend taxpayer dollars for pet projects or things 'in your best interest'.  Boy, wouldn't that be a refreshing change from the current nanny-state environment?

"All Men being naturally equal, as descended from a common Parent, enbued with like Faculties and Propensities, having originally equal Rights and Properties, the Earth being given to the Children of Men in general, without any difference, distinction, natural Preheminence, or Dominion of one over another, yet Men not being equally industrious and frugal, their Properties and Enjoyments would be unequal."
-- Abraham Williams, 1762 --

Translation: an American's rights are the same as all other Americans' rights, and they come from God.  An American's material wealth, however, is not a right but a question of how hard and how effectively that American works, and how that American spends that wealth.

Notice there's no crap in there about 'fairness'.  In fact, Williams is saying just the opposite: while our rights are all the same, our success is entirely dependent upon ourselves, and therefore it will be inherently unequal.

Someone should tell Congress and the President, because they clearly don't read the Constitution anymore.

There's my two cents.