In Honor of the Constitution!!

[Charles Lingerfelt, Texas State Coordinator]

Here I will be Posting quotes from our Founding fathers, and other Patriots, some of their words we hold dear and other words ~ spoken and written, which give to us the great sense of appreciation for the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

America ~ What an awesome country! Oh, what a beautiful land!


"The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the objects and purposes, for which those powers were conferred. By a reasonable interpretation, we mean, that in case the words are susceptible of two different senses, the one strict, the other more enlarged, that should be adopted, which is most consonant with the apparent objects and intent of the Constitution."

—Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution, 1833

[Charles Lingerfelt, Texas State Coordinator]

"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."
~Thomas Jefferson (From: Ford's Works of Thomas Jefferson)

[Charles Lingerfelt, Texas State Coordinator]

"It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue. If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives."

—John Adams, Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1756

[Charles Lingerfelt, Texas State Coordinator]

"It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His mercy, to implore His protection and favor... That great and beneficent author of all good that was, that is, or ever shall be, that we may then unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people." --George Washington

[Charles Lingerfelt, Texas State Coordinator]

"It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world's believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition."

—Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August, 19 1785

[Charles Lingerfelt, Texas State Coordinator]

Mary:
I believe that the constitution is one of the "most precious" documents in all the world, and it has "held us together" for more than 232 years.

I, too, am fine with it!!

-Charles

[Charles Lingerfelt, Texas State Coordinator]

"Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men." --John Adams


"If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs." --Theodore Roosevelt

"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that, too." --W. Somerset Maugham

"He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has." --Epictetus

[Mary Brown]

I understand the need to possibly update the language to make sure the Constitution still applies correctly in reflecting the writer's intended message. I do not agree that the overall interpretation of the Constitution needs to be updated to fit the "times". This is the one plan of Obama's that scares me the most.