by Angel Hargrave | Dec 9, 2013 | G2G Books
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.” — James Madison (speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 16 June 1788)...
by Angel Hargrave | Dec 2, 2013 | G2G Books
“An elective despotism was not the government we fought for; but one in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among the several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked...
by Angel Hargrave | Nov 25, 2013 | G2G Books
Happy Thanksgiving! Because it is Thanksgiving I thought it best to set aside the series on the “Nature of Government” to give thanks and honor to a very tenacious woman. Thanksgiving was first celebrated by the Pilgrims who were grateful for God’s faithfulness in...
by Angel Hargrave | Nov 18, 2013 | G2G Books
“Americans! Ask the Declaration of Independence and it will tell you that its authors held for self-evident truth that the right to life is the first of the unalienable rights of man and that to secure and not to destroy that right, governments are instituted.”...
by Angel Hargrave | Nov 11, 2013 | G2G Books
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.” –James Madison, Federalist No. 51 At...
