September 20, 2009
On September 19, 1796, President George Washington’s Farewell Address to ”The People of the United States” was first published. He wrote it to inform his “friends and fellow citizens” of his decision to retire at the end of his second term in office. More importantly, he wrote it to give us all “the disinterested warnings of a [...]
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September 19, 2009
Reading Thomas Jefferson reminds us that the people must exercise sufficient control over government. Otherwise they will be oppressed by it. And this influence over government must be shared among all the people. As long as every individual participates, the government will be safe. The greater the participation, the safer government will be.
We deeply believe in this basic American principle, [...]
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