Thomas Jefferson Bookmarks!
Posted by hank, Sun Jun 29 15:36:00 UTC 2008
Here’s some nice bookmarks to remind you of the beliefs of the great Thomas Jefferson:
Update!
An interesting turn of events - it seems you really can’t trust quote sites! See here
Originally, I had this quote:
A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.
This, apparently, is a false quote. I apologize. The new quote:
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.
was given by Matt Platte - thanks!
Pure democracy is a distribution of responsibility though, with none but a crowd (the largest crowd, in fact) holding the noose after a hanging. This is why we have representatives, because blaming the majority for wronging someone is dangerous in a democracy.
Blog Posts
June 30, 2008 @ 02:19 PM
“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.”
via Debtonation.org