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Mental slavery?, Part 3

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn Note these additional examples of the anti-slavery positions resolutely embraced by several influential American figures: JOHN WITHERSPOON (1723-1794)… Founding Father… Signatory Declaration of Independence & Articles of Confederation… President of Princeton University [6th] (1768-1794)… Delegate to Continental Congress [NJ] (1776-1782) “[I]t is certainly unlawful to make inroads upon others [...]

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WWJFKD?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn [What would JFK do?] President John F. Kennedy appeared to have an excellent grasp of fiscal reality and perhaps ALL members of Congress would do well to heed his advice concerning the immutable relationship between raising taxes and ruining the economy.

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It’s the thought that counts?

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn The federal government is growing at a faster pace than any other sector of today’s economy.[1] [2] [3] [4] WHAT THE TAXPAYER PAYS FOR… Salaries… The federal government is the single largest employer in the United States and currently employs approximately 2.0% of the nation’s work force (4.2 MILLION [...]

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H. L. Mencken (1880 – 1956)

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn …THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL TELL YOU WHAT YOU THINK? “All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only [...]

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Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)

compiled & edited by Daniel Hagadorn …ON WHAT BASIS WAS OUR GOVERNMENT CONCEIVED AND FROM WHERE DOES IT DERIVE IT’S AUTHORITY? “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of [...]

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