EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
> Mike.... wrote:
> > Following up to Jean O'Boyle
>
> >> Congress does
> >> make the laws and no ONE person can trash our Constitution.
>
> > constitution? Why are americans constitution obsessed?
>
> Because it is our Constitution that has been the guarantee of our
> personal liberties (until Bush).
Actually, Evelyn, you should have written "(until Lincoln)"...read
your history.
=A0Unfortunately, not ENOUGH of us are
> "obsessed" about it. =A0We forget (or probably our schools failed to teach=
> us) the words of one of our founding fathers (Jefferson? =A0Franklin?):
> "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty".
What did Jefferson's slaves think about that nifty l'il motto, one
wonders...or even the women or non - landed people of the time...???
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Best
Greg
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