Kudos to great and wise Walter E. Williams!

Under our founded Limited Government Republic "Democracy" comes into play with everyone's individual right to vote. But, democracy only falls within and under our Limited Government to protect all of our rights to vote. When it is the sole form of government without a Limited Republic it can then become Mob Rule and thus diminish and destroy the unalienable rights of the sovereign individual.

Someone should share this with the constitution shredder Barack Obama. It seems as if Obama believes that he "borrow" and seize the powers only belonging to the U.S. Congress to suit his whim's, schemes and vile agenda's whenever the mood comes upon him.

Jefferson's full statement:
"To consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions [is] a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy. Our judges are as honest as other men and not more so. They have with others the same passions for party, for power, and the privilege of their corps. Their maxim is boni judicis est ampliare jurisdictionem [good justice is broad jurisdiction], and their power the more dangerous as they are in office for life and not responsible, as the other functionaries are, to the elective control. The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party, its members would become despots. It has more wisely made all the departments co-equal and co-sovereign within themselves. -- Thomas Jefferson to William C. Jarvis, 1820. ME 15:277

The truth and nothing but the truth from Charley Reese!

The true reason for facing a problem when going into the water is that you might run into a politician who is drowning under their own weight of usurpation's and violations of their sacred oath of office.

10,000 regulations and .. a proliferation of unlawful federal regulating bureaucracies and their regulators armed to the teeth like para-military storm troopers out to savage and shred the law and the individuals constitutionally protected unalienable and natural rights.

Thomas Jefferson's quotes were full of astute wisdom for the ages.

Gandhi was so very, very wise.

Waffler is a useless, clueless and senseless ignoramus who wanders aimlessly in the land of TROLLS!

Beautifully stated. Our unalienable rights and ability to make our personal choices are now being "stung" to death with an over reaching Welfare and Surveillance State.

Totally agree with this quote. Individuals should be taught the means of rational objective thinking through the means of cognitive thinking.
They should be taught to weigh the counter arguments and debates in order to come to a rational conclusion of what the end consequences would result in and whether or not they have been presented with facts.
In other words - allowed for themselves to put one brain cell in front of the other to decipher what is actual truth and what is not.

If only we could clone Dr. Williams and have all his clones replace all the Socialist Progressives in the U.S. Congress that have been all too willing to take this sovereign nation and our unalienable rights down the road to ruin!

The always profound, wise and thoroughly rational objectivity of the great Dr. Walter Williams.

Profound and astute statement coming from Wm. Douglas who for all intents and purposes was a horrific "Randy!" ---
"According to Murphy, the touchstone of Douglas's character was a willingness to do anything to forward his own career -- including lie about his past, break his promises and ruthlessly discard wives, children, friends and clerks as soon as they stopped being useful to him. He became the most sought-after law professor in the country by choosing his topics for their publicity value and hiring armies of law students to write his articles, which he would top off with "the Douglas flair." Appointed to the Securities and Exchange Commission by President Franklin Roosevelt, he continued his relentless pursuit of publicity by going after high-profile symbols of corporate excess. ("Piss on 'em," was his mantra to his staff.) And when Justice Louis Brandeis retired in 1939, FDR, who needed a Westerner and thought Douglas played an interesting game of poker, appointed him to the Supreme Court at the age of 40."
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/wdouglas.htm

We've had constant and continuous violations of this nation's "charter", i.e., the U.S. Constitution by those who have violated their sworn sacred oath and contract to defend, honor and uphold this nation's ONLY Supreme Rule of Law.
All too often we've witnessed those in the Judiciary, Legislative, and Executive Branches of the corporate government violate, abrogate and act superior to this sovereign nation's constitutional charter and the people who they are supposed to represent ... but, instead they are vilely Serving Up!

We've had constant and continuous violations of this nation's "charter", i.e., the U.S. Constitution by those who have violated their sworn sacred oath and contract to defend, honor and uphold this nation's ONLY Supreme Rule of Law.
All too often we've witnessed those in the Judiciary, Legislative, and Executive Branches of the corporate government violate, abrogate and act superior to this sovereign nation's constitutional charter and the people who they are supposed to represent ... but, instead they are vilely Serving Up!

"I love my country, but I fear my government!"
We must remain eternally vigilant against any chance of a despotic and dictatorial government.

James Madison was very profound in this eye opening statement.
We have been taken down the garden path laid out by violators and usurpers of this nation's ONLY Supreme Rule of Law. But,
I take heart in those who are awakening to the dire consequences of letting the hard fought for freedoms and liberties slip through their hands.
It is up to the individual and We The People to keep tolling the bell of freedom .. whether young or old.
If you have laid down and given up then you my friend are part and parcel of the problem ... because, eternal vigilance and standing stalwart was the great example of this sovereign nation's founders. The founders were not ACQUI-YES-SIRS and neither should we be.

This usurper and chief by the name of Obama actually believes that he is Empirically Superior to the Supreme Rule of Law and therefore the only unalienable rights that individuals may have are those that he and his Progressive socialist cohorts deem necessary to further their ends.

This is one of my ultimate all-time favorite quotes of Frederic Bastiat in his book 'The Law.'

"Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government."
-- James Madison

"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
(1751-1836), Father of the Constitution for the USA, 4th US President

I fully concur with you jim k. Walter Williams has been a great and wise mentor for all of us who wish to keep putting one brain cell in front of the other.

Great quote. There needs to be protection from busy-body Social Engineers who are elected and appointed to a government office.

Such has been the case with the 'Common Core' Curriculum, 'Outcome Based Education', 'No Child Left Behind' and what they once called 'New Math.'
No proven results except that the government manipulates the children into being their guinea pigs at the expense of their future goals and achievements.

Hear, hear - warren, olathe!!!