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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Which of these quotes is not American?

"That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity;"
Virginia Bill of Rights

" That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for publick uses without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented, for the publick good."
Virginia Bill of Rights

"That no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles."
Virginia Bill of Rights

"Bad principles in a Govt. tho slow are sure in their operation, and will gradually destroy it."
A. Hamilton

"Equal laws, protecting equal rights, are found, as they ought to be presumed, the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country;..."
J. Madison

"[T]he right of electing the members of the government constitutes more particularly the essence of a free and responsible government."
J. Madison

"[M]en cannot be justly bound by laws, in making which they have no share."
J. Madison

" Extreme cases of oppression justify... a resort to the original right of resistance, a right belonging to every community, under every form of Government..."
J. Madison

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