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1 " Republican theory clearly stated that the people held all political power, and only they could delegate authority to a government. The people were free to change governments at will. They didn't need permission from incumbents. "
― James D. Best , Tempest At Dawn
2 " Neither nations nor children should be conceived in public. "
3 " We must endure the ignorant to protect the liberty of the majority. "
4 " Our forefathers bequeathed to us far more than a republic. They willed to us an enduring Constitution that incorporates more thought and brainpower than any document ever written by man. After fifty-five convention delegates worked on it ceaselessly for four months, three million people argued about it for two years, and only then was it ratified by conventions of the people so it could become the supreme law of the land. And immediately after it was put in force, Congress acceded to popular demand by proposing ten amendments that restricted the government from abridging the rights of the governed. Was "
5 " good convention, with the military class and the "
― James D. Best , The Shut Mouth Society
6 " He suspended habeas corpus, arrested newspaper editors, jailed Northerners without hearings or trials, bypassed Congress, ignored the Supreme Court, and even arrested a member of Congress. He justified these violations as part of the Executive’s War Powers and claimed that he violated the Constitution for the sole purpose of protecting it. "
7 " Passion, rather than logic, often drove public discourse. "
8 " Red took "
― James D. Best , Leadville (Steve Dancy Tales, #2)
