Ted Poe: “The Constitution starts out, ``We, the people.'' It's written in really large print right at the beginning of the…”

“The Constitution starts out, ``We, the people.'' It's written in really large print right at the beginning of the document. The Constitution is a rock. It's the foundation. It is not some abstract concept that changes depending on the social philosophy of the elites and tyrants of the Judiciary. The Constitution says the things it says in plain, simple language. The Constitution is an agreement between the people and the government. It sets limits on what the government can do, not the other way around. The Constitution upholds the principle that people have God-given rights. Government has no rights. Government has power. And the more power it grabs the less rights we have. Thomas Jefferson warned, ``the natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.'' A government big and powerful enough to control our lives is big and powerful enough to take away everything we have. And that's un-American. After all, the Constitution says, ``We, the people,'' not ``We, the subjects.'' And that's just the way it is.”