Democracy and Power 101:  Government is power In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, and cruelty. – Leo Tolstoy Supreme Court rules for Religious Freedom By unanimous decision, the Supreme Court strongly...

Democracy and Power 101:  Government is power Government is not, as some people like to say, a necessary evil; it is not an evil, but a means, the only means available to make peaceful human coexistence possible.  … Ludwig von Mises Governance Controls Destiny Good governance is crucial for peace, prosperity and the expansion of human capacity.  Charles...

Democracy and Power 101:  Government is power Government, in its last analysis, is organized force. – Woodrow Wilson Government, within its jurisdiction, has a monopoly on power.  Government has the power to tax and enforce the collection of taxes, the power to regulate, the power to incarcerate and even the power take the life of a person. Every act of...

Democracy and Power 101:  Government is power The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. – James Madison, Speech in the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830   Support the Tea Party Budget – Now President Barack Obama has dangerously increased America’s debt.  Worse yet, he has...

Democracy and Power 101:  Government is power  Government, in its last analysis, is organized force. – Woodrow Wilson   Madison trumps Pelosi – so far   “This is not an indefinite government deriving its powers from the general terms prefixed to the specified powers— but, a limited government tied down to the specified powers, which explain and define...

Democracy and Power 101:  Government is power  The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. James Madison, Speech in the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830   Undemocratic Lame Duck Session In the Washington Post, Bruce Ackerman wrote an excellent history of the 20th Amendment, which limits...