“The power under the constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their servants can and undoubtedly will, be recalled.”

~ George Washington (1787)

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Can we get back to this way of thinking?

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Update:  A friend demonstrated that Abraham Lincoln never said this.  But this will stay up anyway -- even if Abraham Lincoln didn't say it, he should have.