From his letter, it is clear that he did not recognize the supremacy of federal over state law, a cardinal tenet of the Constitution:
Quotes
Jefferson on gaming and financial speculation
Jefferson brooded about the harm to America’s moral fiber: “The spirit of gaming, once it has seized a subject, is incurable. The tailor who
Bill Koch on fake wines and a really pretentious lifestyle
Mr. Koch is the Palm Beach, Fla., billionaire and brother of the political activists Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries (of which Bill
Nixon and 1968
As the race riots burned out, the worst campus riot of the decade erupted. At my alma mater, Columbia University, student radicals occupied Low
Hamilton on govt debt
he warned that progressive accumulation of debt “is perhaps the NATURAL DISEASE of all Governments. And it is not easy to conceive anything more
Trollope on authority
“I was most unwilling, my lord. Submission to authority is at times a duty;—and at times opposition to authority is a duty also.” Trollope,
John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods
He has likened unions to herpes (“it doesn’t kill you, but it’s unpleasant and inconvenient”), said that the Affordable Care Act is “like fascism”
Jill Stein on recount
“We need to examine how the use of poorly maintained, antiquated voting machines in underserved communities results in a de facto ‘Jim Crow’ situation
Trump’s inauguration speech
Leon Paul Blouet, aka Max O’Rell
The Americans are lions governed by bull-dogs and asses..tyranny from above is bad; tyranny from below is worse.