"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Consent Of The Governed?
Submitted by Westernerd on Sat, 2011-07-09 03:00
"When the North American revolutionaries set out to justify their secession from the British Empire, they declared, among other things: 'Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.' This sounds good, especially if one doesn't think about it very hard or very long, but the harder and longer one thinks about it, the more problematic it becomes."
0
Your rating: None
- Login to post comments
User Login
Search This Site
Recent comments
-
Straight out of the communist playbook, as per Saul Alinsky...4 weeks 6 days ago
-
It's certainly a step in the right direction.12 weeks 5 days ago
-
They may be in control of someone else. But they are NOT in...13 weeks 2 days ago
-
More prescient than one would have realized after the experi...13 weeks 4 days ago
-
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=6333537 weeks 3 days ago
-
“Madness is something rare in individuals — but...41 weeks 3 days ago
-
I wouldn't be surprised to learn that it's some kind...41 weeks 3 days ago
-
And they're just the ones that got caught.41 weeks 3 days ago
-
The fruits of Marxism: Complete and total insanity.1 year 4 days ago
-
Fortunately, he now has the money and the influence to not n...1 year 18 weeks ago
more