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daimyo
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Who said this?
#4293553 - 06/13/05 10:37 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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"It's time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, "We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government." This idea that government was beholden to the people, that it had no other source of power, is still the newest, most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves."
Without searching this quote, which political party do you believe the speaker was a member of?
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Re: Who said this? [Re: daimyo]
#4293605 - 06/13/05 10:57 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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"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
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Re: Who said this? [Re: daimyo]
#4293787 - 06/13/05 11:48 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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I guessed, then looked it up. I was wrong.
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daimyo
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Re: Who said this? [Re: DieCommie]
#4293795 - 06/13/05 11:49 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Not one vote for Democrat or Republican yet. That is kind of odd. I hope more people get to voting.
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Re: Who said this? [Re: daimyo]
#4294344 - 06/14/05 04:46 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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I voted for Replublican only because I think it is the kind of tongue in cheek that the new neo-cons would have used to mislead the sheep.
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daimyo
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Re: Who said this? [Re: daimyo]
#4294454 - 06/14/05 07:48 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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42 Views and only 8 votes. I'll post who said it by the end of today for those who haven't searched it.
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Re: Who said this? [Re: daimyo]
#4295060 - 06/14/05 02:18 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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daimyo said: 42 Views and only 8 votes. I'll post who said it by the end of today for those who haven't searched it.
Completely irrelevant and nonsensical question. What exactly is the point of it? The views of the parties around then bears very little relevance to the views of the parties today. Today both the Republicans and Democrats are Federalists/Whigs and so much more. Madison was a democratic republican, the party of Jefferson and of limited government, at the time.
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Re: Who said this? [Re: daimyo]
#4295349 - 06/14/05 03:41 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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probably a communist..a very cynical communist.
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Re: Who said this? [Re: Seuss]
#4295479 - 06/14/05 04:07 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Seuss said: I voted for Replublican only because I think it is the kind of tongue in cheek that the new neo-cons would have used to mislead the sheep.
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Re: Who said this? [Re: daimyo]
#4297384 - 06/14/05 11:09 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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I guessed Republican, there are two who come to mind (both deceased)who ran for president and used libertarian sounding rhetoric.
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Re: Who said this? [Re: daimyo]
#4297476 - 06/14/05 11:29 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Based on the way you're asking the question, I'm going to say "Republican".
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Re: Who said this? [Re: Ancalagon]
#4297629 - 06/15/05 12:10 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ancalagon said: Completely irrelevant and nonsensical question. What exactly is the point of it? The views of the parties around then bears very little relevance to the views of the parties today. Today both the Republicans and Democrats are Federalists/Whigs and so much more. Madison was a democratic republican, the party of Jefferson and of limited government, at the time.
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Re: Who said this? [Re: daimyo]
#4298259 - 06/15/05 06:41 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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No way was that a Democrat (and certainly no Communist), that had to have been a Republican. I'm guessing Ronald Reagan -- sounds pretty much like the phraseology he would use.
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Re: Who said this? [Re: Phred]
#4298269 - 06/15/05 06:49 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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daimyo
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Re: Who said this? [Re: Ancalagon]
#4298418 - 06/15/05 08:34 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ancalagon said: Completely irrelevant and nonsensical question. What exactly is the point of it? The views of the parties around then bears very little relevance to the views of the parties today. Today both the Republicans and Democrats are Federalists/Whigs and so much more. Madison was a democratic republican, the party of Jefferson and of limited government, at the time.
Irrelevant to what? Nonsensical how? The point of the question, quite simply, is to get a response.
I never made any assertion as to the views of the parties, nor does it have anything to do with my post. If anything, your post is irrelevant.
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Re: Who said this? [Re: Phred]
#4298432 - 06/15/05 08:38 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Phred said: No way was that a Democrat (and certainly no Communist), that had to have been a Republican. I'm guessing Ronald Reagan -- sounds pretty much like the phraseology he would use.
Phred
You are correct. Ronald Reagan - October 27, 1964
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