"Perhaps the clearest statement concerning the threat we face today, and which all free people will always face, was expressed years ago by President Woodrow Wilson. He observed, 'The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the concentration of power, we are resisting the processes of death, because concentration of power is what always precedes the destruction of human liberties.'Perhaps the dour faces on Democrat faces at the SOTU can be attributed to a sudden realization that the Trump Presidency has exposed their decades-long scam of "restrict(ing) the individual liberty of minorities in order to "'help them'"--all the while catering to teachers' union support, instead of improving the quality of education for minority youth and allowing school choice; and, by creating dependency upon government instead of wealth creation for the nation in order to provide jobs and prosperity for minority families.This astute comment can be aptly rephrased to include the concepts of poverty and prosperity, for concentration of governmental power and poverty go hand-in-hand, while human liberty and prosperity have always accompanied each other. Regardless of the sincerity of the intentions, to restrict freedom in the name of helping the poor is to engage in a destructive endeavor. The creative way to help the needy is to secure the freedom for individuals to pursue their interests voluntarily and peacefully. In such pursuit, free men will bring about an expanding economy, unlimited opportunity, and enduring prosperity." - Roger Ream, FEE Chairman
I wonder what made Woodrow Wilson think the formation of the Federal Reserve and the passing of the 16th Amendment would result in limitations on governmental power.
It’s a shame he did not practice what he preached.