It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.
– John Philpot Curran 1790
We have replaced this with :
My name is Barack Hussein Obama. My pastor and spiritual mentor of 20 years hates America. My autobiography literary agent listed my birthplace in their literature and on their website during the years from 1991 to 2007, as being Kenya . You don’t need the Constitution or the other two branches of government any more, because you can trust me. I have decided that I can execute American citizens without any due process. I have lots of drones, 7,000 AR-15s and a few hundred million rounds of ammunition purchased for use inside US borders, and I’ve got your back covered – literally.
Our freedom depends on checks and balances, not trust in any individual. Call up your Congressperson – today.
“In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the “collective” right of states to maintain militias, while it does not protect the right of “the people” to keep and bear arms. If anyone entertained this notion in the period during which the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were debated and ratified, it remains one of the most closely guarded secrets of the eighteenth century, for no known writing surviving from the period between 1787 and 1791 states such a thesis.”
— Stephen P. Halbrook, “That Every Man Be Armed”, 1984
Work less! Let the gubment pay your way!!!
Study: Global Warming Can Be Slowed By Working Less
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/02/04/-study-global-warming-can-be-slowed-by-working-less
Oh, I am and if I can get more ammunition, I’ll be well practiced.