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TIMELY
ISSUES,
TIMELESS
ANSWERS |
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The words of
Washington
in
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THE
CONSTITUTION |
The
constitution
is
the
guide,
which
I
never
will
abandon.
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.
The
basis
of
our
political
systems
is
the
right
of
the
people
to
make
and
to
alter
their
Constitutions
of
Government.
But
the
Constitution
which
at
any
time
exists,
'till
changed
by
an
explicit
and
authentic
act
of
the
whole
People,
is
sacredly
obligatory
upon
all.
The
very
idea
of
the
power
and
the
right
of
the
People
to
establish
Government
presupposes
the
duty
of
every
Individual
to
obey
the
established
Government.
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TAXES
AND
ECONOMY |
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No
taxes
can
be
devised
which
are
not
more
or
less
inconvenient
and
unpleasant.
While
taxes
remain
an
unpleasant
necessity
of
government
the
Constitution
laid
out
plainly
how
taxes
are
to
be
apportioned
and
collected.
When
first
the
idea
of
an income
tax
was
advanced
in
congress,
the
Supreme
Court
knocked
it
down
as
unconstitutional.
Under
a
Washington
Presidency
the
taxes
would
be
as
the
were
previously,
excise
taxes
and
taxes
on
commerce.
Eliminating
the
tax
burden
unduly
placed
on
wages
and
businesses
is
projected
to
stimulate
economic
growth. |
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THE
WAR
IN
IRAQ
AND
FUTURE
CONFLICTS |
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The
constitution
vests
the
power
of
declaring
war
in
Congress;
therefore
no
offensive
expedition
of
importance
can
be
undertaken
until
after
they
shall
have
deliberated
upon
the
subject
and
authorized
such
a
measure.
All
military
actions
since
WWII
have
failed
to
follow
these
standards
with
the
result
of
great
division
among
our
people.
While
we
believe
that
all
of
those
responsible
for
these
actions
had
only
the
best
of
intentions
neither
the
Presidents
nor
the
members
of
Congress
have
obeyed
the
Constitution
in
these
matters.
As
to
any
invasion
that
might
be
meditated
by
foreigners
against
us,
I
will
only
say,
that,
if
the
mighty
Nation
with
which
we
lately
contended
(Great
Britain) could
not
bring
us
under
the
yoke,
no
nation
on
the
face
of
the
earth
can
ever
effect
it;
while
we
shall
remain
United
and
faithful
to
ourselves. |
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FORIEGN
TRADE
POLICY |
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a
passionate
attachment
of
one
Nation
for
another
produces
a
variety
of
evils.
Sympathy
for
the
favorite
nation,
facilitating
the
illusion
of
an
imaginary
common
interest,
in
cases
where
no
real
common
interest
exists,
and
infusing
into
one
the
enmities
of
the
other,
betrays
the
former
into
a
participation
in
the
quarrels
and
Wars
of
the
latter,
without
adequate
inducement
or
justification:
It
leads
also
to
concessions
to
the
favorite
Nation
of
privileges
denied
to
others,
which
is
apt
doubly
to
injure
the
Nation
making
the
concessions;
by
unnecessarily
parting
with
what
ought
to
have
been
retained;
and
by
exciting
jealousy,
ill
will,
and
a
disposition
to
retaliate,
in
the
parties
from
whom
equal
privileges
are
withheld:
And
it
gives
to
ambitious,
corrupted,
or
deluded
citizens
(who
devote
themselves
to
the
favorite
Nation)
facility
to
betray,
or
sacrifice
the
interests
of
their
own
country,
without
odium,
sometimes
even
with
popularity;
gilding
with
the
appearances
of a
virtuous
sense
of
obligation
a
commendable
deference
for
public
opinion,
or a
laudable
zeal
for
public
good,
the
base
or
foolish
compliances
of
ambition
corruption
or
infatuation.
As
avenues
to
foreign
influence
in
innumerable
ways,
such
attachments
are
particularly
alarming
to
the
truly
enlightened
and
independent
Patriot.
How
many
opportunities
do
they
afford
to
tamper
with
domestic
factions,
to
practice
the
arts
of
seduction,
to
mislead
public
opinion,
to
influence
or
awe
the
public
Councils!
Such
an
attachment
of a
small
or
weak,
towards
a
great
and
powerful
Nation,
dooms
the
former
to
be
the
satellite
of
the
latter.
Against the insidious
wiles
of
foreign
influence,
(I
conjure
you
to
believe
me
fellow
citizens)
the
jealousy
of a
free
people
ought
to
be
constantly
awake;
since
history
and
experience
prove
that
foreign
influence
is
one
of
the
most
baneful
foes
of
Republican
Government.
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NATIONAL
DEBT |
There
has
been
a
national
debt
since
the
founding
of
America.
George
Washington
does
not
believe
that
the
national
debt
will
ever
be
paid
off
entirely
but
that
it
should
be
funded
and
kept
under
control.
A
plan
must
first
be
laid
to
pay
the
interest
on
current
debt
before
incurring
even
greater
debt.
To
contract
new
debts
is
not
the
way
to
pay
old
ones.
As a
very
important
source
of
strength
and
security,
cherish
public
credit.
One
method
of
preserving
it
is
to
use
it
as
sparingly
as
possible:
avoiding
occasions
of
expense
by
cultivating
peace,
but
remembering
also
that
timely
disbursements
to
prepare
for
danger
frequently
prevent
much
greater
disbursements
to
repel
it;
avoiding
likewise
the
accumulation
of
debt,
not
only
by
shunning
occasions
of
expense,
but
by
vigorous
exertions
in
time
of
Peace
to
discharge
the
Debts
which
unavoidable
wars
may
have
occasioned,
not
ungenerously
throwing
upon
posterity
the
burden
which
we
ourselves
ought
to
bear.
Nothing can more promote the permanent welfare of
the
nation,
and
nothing
would
be
more
grateful
to
our
constituents.
Indeed
whatsoever
is
unfinished
of
our
system
of
public
credit,
cannot
be
benefited
by
procrastination;
and
as
far
as
may
be
practicable,
we
ought
to
place
that
credit
on
grounds
which
cannot
be
disturbed,
and
to
prevent
that
progressive
accumulation
of
debt
which
must
ultimately
endanger
all
governments
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THE
PATRIOT
ACT
AND
SURVELLIENCE |
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There
is
nothing
more
necessary
than
good
Intelligence
to
frustrate
a
designing
enemy
and
nothing
that
requires
greater
pains
to
obtain,
that
said
arbitrary
power
is
most
easily
established
on
the
ruins
of Liberty abused to licentiousness. Government
of
as
much
vigor
as
is
consistent
with
the
perfect
security
of
Liberty
is
indispensable.
A
way
must
be
found
that
achieves
the
objects
of
intelligence
but
does
not
infringe
on
the
rights
laid
out
in
the
constitution.
Otherwise
we
find
ourselves
in
the
unsupportable
position
of
destroying
our
rights
in
order
to
protect
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THE
ROLE
OF
GOVERNMENT |
Our
Declaration
of
Independence
clearly
states
that
Governments
are
instituted
among
men
to
protect
the
rights
of
life,
liberty
and
the
pursuit
of
happiness.
Our
Constitution
was
written
to
establish
Justice,
insure
domestic
Tranquility,
provide
for
the
common
defense,
promote
the
general
Welfare,
and
secure
the
Blessings
of
Liberty
to
ourselves
and
our
Posterity.
Having
been
a
member
of
the
General
Convention,
and
knowing
the
principles
on
which
the
Constitution
was
formed,
the
boundaries
fixed
by
the
Constitution
should
be
preserved.
In
a
country
so
extensive
as
ours,
a
Government
of
as
much
vigor
as
is
consistent
with
the
perfect
security
of
Liberty
is
indispensable.
The
Constitution
intentionally
limits
what
the
Federal
Government
can
and
can
not
do.
The
10th
amendment
states
"The
powers
not
delegated
to
the
United
States
by
the
Constitution,
nor
prohibited
by
it
to
the
States,
are
reserved
to
the
States
respectively,
or
to
the
people."
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TREATMENT
OF
PRISONERS
IN
WAR |
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Treat
them
with
humanity,
and
let
them
have
no
reason
to
Complain
of
our
Copying
the
brutal
example
of
the
British
Army
in
their
treatment
of
our
unfortunate
brethren.
Provide
everything
necessary
for
them
on
the
road.
These
people
(prisoners
of
war)
will
be
treated
with
respect
and
dignity
and
they
will
suffer
no
abuse
or
torture,
because
to
do
otherwise
would
bring
dishonor
upon
our
sacred
cause. |
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"FLYOVER
STATES" |
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There
has
been
a
tendency
in
our
recent
past
by
some
to
view
our
country
as
two
entities,
the
metropolitan
centers
being
one
and
the
belittling
moniker
"flyover
states"
is
given
the
other.
During
election
cycles
however
the
name
"flyover
states"
is
suddenly
changed
to
"The
Heartland".
The
Unity
of
Government
which
constitutes
you
one
people
is
also
now
dear
to
you.
It
is
justly
so;
for
it
is a
main
Pillar
in
the
Edifice
of
your
real
independence,
the
support
of
your
tranquility
at
home;
your
peace
abroad;
of
your
safety;
of
your
prosperity;
of
that
very
Liberty
which
you
so
highly
prize.
But
as
it
is
easy
to
foresee,
that
from
different
causes
and
from
different
quarters,
much
pains
will
be
taken,
many
artifices
employed,
to
weaken
in
your
minds
the
conviction
of
this
truth;
as
this
is
the
point
in
your
political
fortress
against
which
the
batteries
of
internal
and
external
enemies
will
be
most
constantly
and
actively
(though
often
covertly
and
insidiously)
directed,
it
is
of
infinite
moment,
that
you
should
properly
estimate
the
immense
value
of
your
national
Union
to
your
collective
and
individual
happiness;
that
you
should
cherish
a
cordial,
habitual
and
immoveable
attachment
to
it;
accustoming
yourselves
to
think
and
speak
of
it
as
of
the
Palladium
of
your
political
safety
and
prosperity;
watching
for
its
preservation
with
jealous
anxiety;
discountenancing
whatever
may
suggest
even
a
suspicion
that
it
can
in
any
event
be
abandoned,
and
indignantly
frowning
upon
the
first
dawning
of
every
attempt
to
alienate
any
portion
of
our
Country
from
the
rest,
or
to
enfeeble
the
sacred
ties
which
now
link
together
the
various
parts.
The
continuance
of
the
Union
as a
primary
object
of
Patriotic
desire.
Distrust
the
patriotism
of
those,
who
in
any
quarter
may
endeavor
to
weaken
its
bands.
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POLITICAL
PARTIES |
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Let
me
now
warn
you
in
the
most
solemn
manner
against
the
baneful
effects
of
the
Spirit
of
Party,
generally.
This
spirit,
unfortunately,
is
inseparable
from
our
nature,
having
its
root
in
the
strongest
passions
of
the
human
Mind.
It
exists
under
different
shapes
in
all
Governments,
more
or
less
stifled,
controlled,
or
repressed;
but,
in
those
of
the
popular
form
it
is
seen
in
its
greatest
rankness
and
is
truly
their
worst
enemy.
The
alternate
domination
of
one
faction
over
another,
sharpened
by
the
spirit
of
revenge
natural
to
party
dissention,
which
in
different
ages
and
countries
has
perpetrated
the
most
horrid
enormities,
is
itself
a
frightful
despotism.
But
this
leads
at
length
to a
more
formal
and
permanent
despotism.
The
disorders
and
miseries,
which
result,
gradually
incline
the
minds
of
men
to
seek
security
and
repose
in
the
absolute
power
of
an
Individual:
and
sooner
or
later
the
chief
of
some
prevailing
faction
more
able
or
more
fortunate
than
his
competitors
turns
this
disposition
to
the
purposes
of
his
own
elevation,
on
the
ruins
of
Public
Liberty.
Without
looking
forward
to
an
extremity
of
this
kind,
the
common
and
continual
mischief’s
of
the
spirit
of
Party
are
sufficient
to
make
it
the
interest
and
the
duty
of a
wise
People
to
discourage
and
restrain
it. |
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THE
QUESTION
NO
ONE
IS
ASKING |
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There
is
one
defining
question
each
candidate
for
President
should |
be
asked,
What
is
America
all
about?
The
United
States
of
America
are
about
Liberty.
The
American
revolution
was
fought
to
protect
rights
that
were
being
infringed
on
by
Britain.
Our
government
was
carefully
designed
to
secure
these
"inalienable
rights"
and
"The
blessings
of
Liberty".
We
can
disagree
on
policy,
we
can
disagree
on
philosophy
but
we
must
never
waver
from
the
purpose
of
Liberty. |
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