09.02.2009

Quiz #1 -   “A constitution founded on these principles introduces knowledge among the people, and inspires them with a conscious dignity becoming freemen; a general emulation takes place, which causes good humor, sociability, good manners, and good morals to be general. That elevation of sentiment inspired by such a government, makes the common people brave and enterprising. That ambition which is inspired by it makes them sober, industrious, and frugal.”

Who said that?

Answer to # 1 – John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
 
 
# 2  – “Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have.”
 
Who said that?
 
Ronald Reagan 

 

#3 – “I think we can say that the Constitution reflected an enormous blind spot in this culture that carries on until this day, and the framers had that same blind spot…The Supreme Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth and sort of more basic issues of political and economic justice in this society….The Constitution is a chart of negative liberties, says what the states can’t do to you, says what the federal government can’t do to you, but it doesn’t say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn’t shifted.”

Who said that? 

A clue – B O

#3- Barack Obama in a radio interview in 2001

Note September 4.  Source of Obama’s quote is from Senator Jim DeMint’s book “Saving Freedom” . A video has been added on video page. 

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