Michael Ingram
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Tomorrow I am doing a speech to inspire people to act towards constitutional government. What do you think I should include in the speech (such as quotes, arguments, etc.)?
Thanks
EDIT: Here is the outline I just wrote:
Government’s role is to uphold the Constitution
“Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”
-Abraham Lincoln
Highest laws in the land
Today, gov’t is not upholding the Constitution
Military action w/o a Declaration of War from Congress
Patriot Act violates privacy and property rights (warrantless searches)
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
“Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
-Benjamin Franklin
McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform limits contributions to political campaigns
Continual attacks on the 2nd Amendment and the right of Americans to carry firearms
“The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”
-Samuel Adams
The Constitution does not change with the times
No such things as a “living Constitution”
“The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity”
-Henry Clay
“Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind.”
-Hugo Black
"The Constitution is a written instrument. As such, its meaning does not alter. That which it meant when it was adopted, it means now."
- South Carolina v. United States (1905)
It is your duty as Americans to do something about it
Democrat, Republican, or w/e you need to always protect the Constitution
Represents all we as Americans stand for
Never let manipulative politicians take away those rights
"The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it."
- Thomas Edison
Thanks
EDIT: Here is the outline I just wrote:
Government’s role is to uphold the Constitution
“Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”
-Abraham Lincoln
Highest laws in the land
Today, gov’t is not upholding the Constitution
Military action w/o a Declaration of War from Congress
Patriot Act violates privacy and property rights (warrantless searches)
Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007
“Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
-Benjamin Franklin
McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform limits contributions to political campaigns
Continual attacks on the 2nd Amendment and the right of Americans to carry firearms
“The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.”
-Samuel Adams
The Constitution does not change with the times
No such things as a “living Constitution”
“The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity”
-Henry Clay
“Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind.”
-Hugo Black
"The Constitution is a written instrument. As such, its meaning does not alter. That which it meant when it was adopted, it means now."
- South Carolina v. United States (1905)
It is your duty as Americans to do something about it
Democrat, Republican, or w/e you need to always protect the Constitution
Represents all we as Americans stand for
Never let manipulative politicians take away those rights
"The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it."
- Thomas Edison
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