Daniel Webster

[native]

"I shall exert every faculty I possess in aiding to prevent the Constitution from being nullified, destroyed, or impaired; and even though I should see it fail, I will still, with a voice feeble, perhaps, but earnest as ever issued from human lips, and with extinguish, call on the people to come to its rescue."
---Daniel Webster

[Skjellyfetti]

Nice, you're against state's rights as well. Good to see you coming around, native.

[native]

"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."

Who said it?

[Skjellyfetti]

"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."

Who said it?

That would be a quote falsely attributed to James Madison that floats around the internet (and probably Glenn Beck's show).

Want to tell me where you read that? In one of Madison's writings? Which one?

Or did you find it on the internet or in your email in-box?

bastardized form of illegitimate government.

Terrible writing = red flag.

[native]

"Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government."

Who said it?

That would be a quote falsely attributed to James Madison that floats around the internet (and probably Glenn Beck's show).

Want to tell me where you read that? In one of Madison's writings? Which one?

Or did you find it on the internet or in your email in-box?

bastardized form of illegitimate government.

Terrible writing = red flag.

"Brainy Quotes"