Change TO CHAINS - Sioux Falls, South Dakota Tea Party

Two Types of Power: Concentrated & Separated
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The history of Liberty is a history of limitations
of governmental power, not the increase of it.
When we resist, therefore, the concentration of
power, we are resisting the powers of death,
because concentration of power is what always
precedes the destruction of human liberties.
Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC), an ancient Roman
scholar, statesman and orator, stated:
When a government becomes powerful it is
destructive, extravagant and violent; it is an usurer
[a loan shark] which takes bread from innocent
mouths and deprives honorable men of their
substance, for votes with which to perpetuate itself.
In his 1964 speech, A Time for Choosing, Ronald Reagan stated:
I suggest to you there is no left or right, only
an up or down. Up to the maximum of individual
freedom consistent with law and order, or down
to the ant heap of totalitarianism; and regardless
of their humanitarian purpose those who would
sacrifice freedom for security have, whether they
know it or not, chosen this downward path.
As power concentrates, there is an increase of bureaucracy,
political intrigue, influence peddling, intimidation, debt, pride,
immorality, and suppression of dissent. Jefferson is credited with saying:
My reading of history convinces me that most
bad government results from too much government.
POWER TENDS TO CONCENTRATE
Throughout history, the process of concentration has started
for many different reasons, in many different situations.
CHANGE TO CHAINS - WILLIAM J. FEDERER