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Jim's Quote of the Day:
'If we find our government in all its branches rushing headlong... into the
arms of monarchy, if we find them violating our dearest rights, the trial by
jury, the freedom of the press, the freedom of opinion, civil or religious,
or opening on our peace of mind or personal safety the sluices of terrorism,
if we see them raising standing armies, when the absence of all other danger
points to these as the sole objects on which they are to be employed, then
indeed let us withdraw and call the nation to its tents. But while our functionaries
are wise, and honest, and vigilant, let us move compactly under their guidance,
and we have nothing to fear. Things may here and there go a little wrong. It
is not in their power to prevent it. But all will be right in the end, though
not perhaps by the shortest means." - Thomas Jefferson, Letter to William Duane,
1811.
ME 13:29
