YesMistressIrish -> RE: QUOTE of the Day (1/18/2008 7:59:35 AM)
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"The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and resting on the will of the people. " Thomas Jefferson, The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia, John P. Foley, ed. (New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1900), p. 842. Feric, Too bad it's not an ark anymore and resembles a sinking ship, yes? I still vote because it is using my voice and if I don't vote, it takes my power away to make a difference. If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution” ~Abraham Lincoln~
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