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James Madison - Father of the Constitution - having wrote most of it and drafted the Bill of Rights. I thought he had an interesting wife "Dolly" - who refused to leave the White House during the War of 1812 until Washington's Portrait was secure. I am smitten with this guy If I was alive back then, I would want to marry him Dolly would not have stood a chance I love his quotes which still stand today:
If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations.
War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad.
War contains so much folly, as well as wickedness, that much is to be hoped from the progress of reason.
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.
Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.
To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.
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But intellectually, I've always been drawn to Samuel Adams. He's so consistent throughout the entire struggle, and passionate. And he was such a hopeless businessman. So I'm torn.
Jefferson, Madison, Samuel Adams, Ben Franklin, and Nicholas Gilman (the last one added particularly as I'm related to him). All of them were consistent in opposition to tyranny. John Adams, I like for his early role, but what he did as president was terrible.
Glenn Beck asked Sarah Palin this question. She chose George Washington.
I consider George Washington to be this nation's first national figure, but I always think he was kind of peripheral as a Founding Father.
So I was wondering if any of the posters on CD had a favorite founding father, and why?
Thomas Jefferson. His brilliance shone above all the rest, but also his passion for justice and incredible mastery of law, and the English language, to say nothing of his boundless curiosity, his spirit of invention and so many other attributes. Even his death, on July 4th, along with John Adams, gives him an almost heaven sent presence surrounding his lifes work, adding to his aura.
“I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” Jefferson
When the framers of the American republic spoke of “the people,” they did not mean a collectivist organism one part of which was authorized to consume the rest. They meant a sum of individuals, each of whom—whether strong or weak, rich or poor—retains his inviolate guarantee of individual rights.
So I was wondering if any of the posters on CD had a favorite founding father, and why?
Sam Houston? Oh you mean those founding fathers. Definitely Benjamin Franklin. Without his invention of bi-focals and the public library, I'd be in a sad shape. And the fact that, for us old folks one invention requires the other, is fascinating.
John Adams. He tied himself in knots to make sure his motives remained pure....and he had the good sense to marry Abigale who kept him informed or reality and honest in dealing with it.
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If I was alive back then, I would want to marry him
I love his quotes which still stand today:
