James Madison: The subversion of the very foundations of limited government in America

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[EternalVigilance]

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may take the care of religion into their own hands; they may appoint teachers in every State, county and parish and pay them out of their public treasury; they may take into their own hands the education of children, establishing in like manner schools throughout the Union; they may assume the provision of the poor; they may undertake the regulation of all roads other than post-roads; in short, every thing, from the highest object of state legislation down to the most minute object of police, would be thrown under the power of Congress. Were the power of Congress to be established in the latitude contended for, it would subvert the very foundations, and transmute the very nature of the limited Government established by the people of America."

-- James Madison, Letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1792

[rbmillerjr]

I really want to buy that print.

Does anybody know the artist and name of this painting?

[rbmillerjr]

oops...the print in EV’s post 15.

[RegulatorCountry]

"Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States" by Howard Chandler Christy.  

[rbmillerjr]

Thanks RC. Appreciated.

[RegulatorCountry]

You’re welcome. All those art history courses weren’t a total waste of time, lol.

[EternalVigilance]

“Democracy is the most vile form of government... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention... incompatible with personal security or the rights of property.”

-- James Madison

[Wife of D28Man]

Thanks for this valuable thread. BTTT

[EternalVigilance]

You're very welcome.

[EternalVigilance]

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