Time: Wed Jul 09 17:55:41 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA13172; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 17:22:42 -0700 (MST) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA03958; Wed, 9 Jul 1997 17:22:28 -0700 (MST) Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 17:22:20 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Democracy versus Republic (fwd) <snip> > >>Subject: Democracy versus Republic >> >>I received this e-mail from a good friend. >> >>Darren: >> >>> Durwood, >>> Here is your civic lesson for the week. >>> The pupose of the first ten amendments (Bill of Rights) is to restrict the >>> power of the government to violate the rights of the citizens. The founding >>> fathers wrote these restrictions with phrases like: >>> "Congress shall pass no law....", "The rights of the people...shall not be >>> infringed.","no person shall be...deprived.","The accused shall enjoy the >>> right..." You notice that these are not restrictions on human rights, but >>> are restrictions on the activities of government. >>> In a democracy, Might makes Right. >>> In a republic, Right makes Might. >>> In a democracy, the law restricts the people. >>> In a republic, the law restricts the government. >>> George Washington said the following in his Presidential farewell address: >>> "If in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the >>> Constitutional power be in any particular wrong. Let it be corrected by an >>> amendment in the way in which the Constitution designates. But let there be >>> no change by usurpation, for though this, in one instance, may be the >>> instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments >>> are destroyed." >>> It was about the same time that a British professor named Alexander F. >>> Tyler wrote: "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. >>> It can exist only until the voters discover that they can vote themselves >>> largess (a liberal gift) out of the public treasury. From that moment on, >>> the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits >>> from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses >>> over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship." >>> >>> I would like to give credit for the above information to "The Unseen Hand" >>> by A.Ralph Epperson >>> >>> Quote of the day: Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are >>> willing to give it to others. >>> >>> Take care, Dennis <snip> ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. Irvine tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU website: http://www.supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. ======================================================================== [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.]
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