JULY 4, 1776 – JULY 4, 2013

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On this day in 1776 the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.  Each year on the Fourth of July, we are reminded of the sacrifices made by military personnel in defense of this nation. Since 1775, one year before adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the US Marine Corps had been defending our freedoms; we acknowledge so with the attachment. On this Fourth of July, America’s 237th birthday, we hold dear those unalienable rights-----life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, the right to bear arms, and religious freedom extended to every American citizen by the framers of the Declaration of Independence. 

Fifty-six Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence. In the below published article you can read the quotes of 8 of our Founding Fathers with regard to the principles and freedoms they outlined in the Declaration of Independence, the limitation they placed on government (Many of those rights are being violated by the Obama Administration today), the rights they gave Americans to acquire property and wealth, their opposition to unequal & arbitrary taxes, their intent to move individuals in poverty away from government dependency, and the rights they extended to every American citizen that they said “were endowed by our creator.” 

Then read how President Obama’s views, in his quotes, compare with the Founding Father’s views listed below in their quotes, and the views of known Socialists on government’s intent to control the liberty of the individual, government’s right to redistribute the wealth of individuals, government’s right to force socialized programs upon citizens who oppose those programs, government’s right to tax individuals without regard for fairness/equality, government’s violation of the Bill of Rights, and government’s rejection of the framers views on religion.  

This year as you celebrate the Republic’s annual birthday with family and friends, please remember all of those serving in the US Armed Forces who are not able to be at home, and are going into “Harm’s Way” daily.  The Combat Veterans For Congress wish you and your families a Happy Fourth of July---it’s a second annual birthday for every true American Patriot to celebrate each year in addition to your normal birthday, because you are unique, you are an American!

Quotes From Our Founding Fathers, Barrack Obama, & Other Socialists

by Toby ~ July 26th, 2009

Quotes Opposed to Redistribution of Wealth, National Debt, Welfare Programs, Excessive Taxes,  and In Support of Rights In the US Constitution:

George Washington: “Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.”

George Washington: “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”

George Washington: “No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable.”

Thomas Paine: “These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”

Alexander Hamilton: “A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government.”

Thomas Jefferson: "To take from one, because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association -- the guarantee to every one of a free exercise of his industry, and the fruits acquired by it."

Thomas Jefferson: "A government that is big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have."

 
Thomas Jefferson: "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."

Thomas Jefferson: “It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes.”

Thomas Jefferson: “My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.”

Thomas Jefferson: “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work, and give to those who would not.”

Thomas Jefferson: “Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.”

Patrick Henry: “It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope.  We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth—and listen to the song of that siren, till we are transformed into beasts.”

John Adams: “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. If ‘Thou shalt not covet’ and ‘Thou shalt not steal’ were not commandments of Heaven, they must be made inviolable precepts in every society before it can be civilized or made free. As long as property exists, it will be accumulated by individuals and families.”

John Adams: “Liberty once lost, is lost forever.”

Thomas Paine: “Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.”

James Madison: “With respect to the two words ‘general welfare,’ I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them in a literal and unlimited sense would be a metamorphosis of the Constitution into a character which there is a host of proofs was not contemplated by its creators.”

James Madison: “The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.”

James Madison: “If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions.”

James Madison: “That is not a just government, nor is property secure under it, where the property which a man has in his personal safety and personal liberty, is violated by arbitrary seizures of one class of citizens for the service of the rest.”

James Madison: A just security to property is not afforded by that government, under which unequal taxes oppress one species of property and reward another species: where arbitrary taxes invade the domestic sanctuaries of the rich, and excessive taxes grind the faces of the poor; where the keenness and competitions of want are deemed an insufficient spur to labor, and taxes are again applied, by an unfeeling policy, as another spur; in violation of that sacred property, which Heaven, in decreeing man to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, kindly reserved to him, in the small repose that could be spared from the supply of his necessities.

Benjamin Franklin: “When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.” 

Benjamin Franklin: “ I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth, I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”

Quotes For Redistribution of Wealth, Increased Spending, A New Civilian Security Force, Socialized Healthcare, Taxation, Acorn, and Views On Religion.

Barack Obama: “In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.”

Barack Obama: “If you’ve got a plumbing business, you’re gonna be better off if you’ve got a whole bunch of customers who can afford to hire you, and right now everybody’s so pinched that business is bad for everybody and I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”

Barack Obama: “The Civil Rights movement became so court focused I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and the community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistribution change.”

Barack Obama: “We do not consider us a Christian nation or a Jewish nation.“

Barack Obama:  “Typical white persons cling to their guns and religion.”  

Barack Obama: “And so our goal on health care, and by the way, that is the single most important thing we could do in terms of reducing our deficit.”

Barack Obama: “You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime.” 

Barack Obama: ”In some cases, there are people (in Massachusetts) who are paying fines and still can’t afford (health insurance), so now they’re worse off  than they were…They don’t have health insurance, and they’re paying a fine.”            

Barack Obama: “I've been fighting with ACORN, alongside ACORN, on issues you care about, my entire career.”

Barrack Obama:  "We will change America -- and we will change the world.”   

Barack Obama: “We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

Barack Obama : “What do you think a stimulus is? It's spending.”

Barack Obama: “I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.”

Barack Obama: “Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.”  

 

Quotes For Redistribution of Wealth, Socialism, Support For Obama, Taxation, and against Religion & Liberty.

Fidel Castro:  “They talk about the failure of Socialism but where is the success of Capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?”

Fidel Castro: “Capitalism is using its money; we Socialists throw it away.”

Karl Marx:” The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.”

Karl Marx: “The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to Socialism.” 

Fidel Castro: “I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.”

Fidel Castro: “How can we help President Obama?”

Vladimir Lenin: “The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.”

Joseph Stalin: “When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.”

Mao ZeDong: “Religion is the opiate of the people.”

Mao ZeDong: “To read too many books is harmful.”

Mao ZeDong: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

Adolf Hitler: "It's time to put the common good, the national interest, ahead of individuals."    
 
Karl Marx: “Democracy is the road to Socialism.” 

Vladimir Lenin: “It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.” 

Vladimir Lenin: “The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency.” 

Vladimir Lenin: “Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.”

Adolf Hitler: "We demand that the State shall make it its primary duty to provide a livelihood for its citizens."

Benito Mussolini: “Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.”

Benito Mussolini: “The truth is that men are tired of liberty.” 

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.."

-- Winston Churchill