I love this quote.

Unfortunately that is true. And the word "seldom" does count in the quote. "Seldom" is different from "always", and in general what the quote says is what happens. It is the same behavior as memorizing a song when you're young and singing it along for life whenever you hear it. Although Locke and Freud had different views about many things, I believe that Freud would explain the behavior.

The party one belongs does not matter to the sense of what one says. The writer's words make sense. Even if the author meant that the other party - not his - is the despots' party, his quotation does not say that. Despotism does take place when there are no strong opposition. So true his words are that right now, while we comment on the author's quotations, the "substitutes" are getting off the bench and ready to go out on the field and carry the ball. The other way around also often happens. And that is the beauty of a true Republic.

When large corporations have power in their hands and competition is made sure to be among them, then there is prosperity.

Plain and simple.

Mighty Reagan is right. Who cares about what some say? Winning forty-nine states after the first 4-year of administration already tells us how happy individuals were to have a healthy environment - made healthy by the people themselves - to pursue happiness.

There is one little thing - with all due respect - Mr. Thoreau forgot in his reasoning: "Practice makes it perfect". A people can only learn to live in a free country by living in a free country. Sometimes it takes long for individual people to understand that the freedom they have is not to be abused, and many times individual people die before they understand, but, to me, all that is that kind of imperfection that makes a country perfect.

I think these insights are remarkable. The Founding Fathers did not leave any discrepancy between the articles of the Constitution, therefore it is not acceptable at all that one be surrendered in order to assert another.

I think that Thomas Jefferson was a superior human being. That is, he was able to give the best of him and the best of him was able to reach heights that are very rare in human beings. We should all learn from him and take advantage of such a valuable legacy to the American people and leaders.

Everyone will pass by, while the Constitution will be for ever and ever. The Constitution of the United States is the foundation that makes every dark a promising one.

That must definitely be changed!

Totally agree. The real job is in production.

FREEEEEEEEDDDDDDOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!! NO SLAVES OR ROBOTS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!

Wasn't that clear enough? The Founding Fathers turned dictatorship and communism altogether upside down.

Taxes are indeed a necessary evil, but in some states, where they are so high, they become a destructive evil: they destroy individual's pursue of happiness (they feel encouraged to get it for very little or no work at all), they force the middle class give their money to programs that they have nothing to do with, they curtail business initiatives (everything is going to cost so much!), they cripple progress, they trigger unemployment, finally they are a bubble, just like many we have seen... The three stars are because taxes are necessary to a reasonable extent. And very high sales taxes are also disgusting. How many times have we bought something only to be surprised at how much more we pay at the end of the day, if we forget to ask. I am learning to remember to ask, and I am buying much less.

Oh, my! To me, this man was not too smart. He was deceived by Hitler and, unfortunately,at the end of the day, had to get what he got.

Five "Wow´s", too!

I am upset there are only 5 stars in this "Rate this quote!" The Great Thomas Jefferson proved that by himself he could listen to The Creator better and help people individually, without even associating with them.

Comment on the first half of the statement: That has not always been so. Take George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, all of the Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, for example. True leaders (so rare!) make decisions. They make them on behalf of the people they represent. I don't understand the second half of the statement.

I disagree with principle, totally. Like John Lennon, many, many people, I mean, most common people in the world out there follow the emotions of their hearts instead of using their heads to appease the cries of their hearts. There are a few who just turn mean while seeking control, power and money for themselves and taking advantage of those weeping hearts. I like J Carlton's comments: Unless individuals...

Can anyone in government heed their great, insightful Founding Father?

America needs the Founding Fathers back.

There are no perfect synonyms in any existing language. There will always be something differentiating, even if minimally, one from another. The words "concealment" and "privacy" are very different, although many use the word "privacy" while "concealment" is what it is.

Absolutely. And empirical data is our best recourse to seek the truth.

Complementing: "Of Liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its existence, is unobstructed action according to our will. But Rightful Liberty is within limits drawn around us by the Equal Rights of others. And I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’, because the law is often but the Tyrants-will, and always so when it violates the Rights of an individual." Thomas Jefferson "I would rather be exposed to the inconvenience attending too much Liberty than those attending too small degree of it." Thomas Jefferson