Tag Archives: George Washington
The Godless Constitution
There is, among rightwingers predominantly, though not exclusively, a rather persistent misconception that the United States is at its roots a religious nation. This is demonstrably false, and rather easy to verify, as we shall see in a moment, but first let us note that the subject is significant (and becoming more so) not because…
Owned By Government And Loving Every Moment Of It
This is an instructive glimpse into the philosophy and basic mindset of the democrat, straight from the source: (Hat tip Revealing Politics) And it’s even more instructive when compared with the following: “A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master” (George Washington). “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it…
Say What?
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence — it is force. Said George Washington. The state is the coldest of all cold monsters that bites with stolen teeth. Said Nietzsche. Government is solely an instrument or mechanism of appropriation, prohibition, compulsion, and extinction; in the nature of things it can be nothing else, and…
Godless Constitution
There is, among rightwingers predominantly, though not exclusively, a rather persistent misconception that the United States is at its roots a religious nation. This is demonstrably false, and rather easy to verify, as we shall see in a moment, but first let us note that the subject is significant (and becoming more so) not because…