from the desk of: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace of Independent Conservatism Libe rty -vs- Tyra nny Words worth contemplating... Especially considering our current national dilemma... A lack of leadership. "There is no maxim in my opinion which is more liable to be misapplied, and which therefore needs elucidation than the current one that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.... In fact it is only reestablishing under another name and a more specious form, force as the measure of right...." --James Madison, letter to James Monroe, 1786 "In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate -- look to his character..." --Noah Webster Letters to a Young Gentleman Commencing His Education, 1789 "They are not to do anything they please to provide for the general welfare, but only to lay taxes for that purpose. To consider the lat...
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