Political Quote of the Day

[Broad Street]

"There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution."  - John Adams

 

 

 

Discuss.

[Jason]

Hence the reason congress gets nothing done. Most people are too set in their ways to look at other parties.

[HaloMagic]

Is this the same John Adams that used the Sedition Act to help create a deeper divide between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?

[Broad Street]

Is this the same John Adams that used the Sedition Act to help create a deeper divide between the Federalists and the Deomcratic-Republicans?

 One and the same yes.

[arch stanton]

It's what they do.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Apparently hypocrisy isn't a recent invention.

[arch stanton]

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.  - James Madison

[acro2008]

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.  - James Madison

 

With "domestic" and  "Home grown Terrorism" tyranny and oppression need not come in a foriegn guise anymore.

[2002_halos_II]

"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008