Political Quotes

“if there is any phrase that sums up the reason for the existence of this Republic, that phrase is ``no taxation without representation.'' That is not the phrase of Don Manzullo. It is the phrase of Thomas Jefferson, who, when he wrote the Declaration of Independence, cited King George for three things: that King George, III, refused to pass laws that would allow people the right to be represented in their own legislatures; that he called together legislative bodies at unusual times so nothing could be done; that he imposed taxes on us without our consent. Taxation without consent gave rise to the Boston Tea Party, and it gave rise to the Constitution that was written in 1787, a document so magnificent that author Flexner has said, never before in history had people gathered together to write a document by which people can govern themselves. Two of the people who had a tremendous impact on that Constitution were Hamilton and Madison. Hamilton said, in Federalist Paper 78, ``The judiciary has no influence over either the sword or the purse, no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society.'' And Madison said in Federalist Paper 33, ``What is a power but the ability or faculty of doing a thing? What is the power of laying and collecting taxes but a legislative power?'' And so powerful were those words, Mr.…”