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Tag Archives: Founding Fathers
Cicero Warned About the Evils of an Ambitious Government
by Diane Rufino, July 15, 2018 “When a government becomes powerful, it is a usurper which takes bread from innocent mouths and deprives honorable men of their substance for votes with which to perpetuate itself.” — Marcus Tullius … Continue reading
What Our Founding Generation Would Have Said About Obamacare
by Diane Rufino, February 25, 2017 Although we are on the verge of having President Obama’s signature piece of legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka, “Obamacare”) repealed and replaced, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill of Rights, Boston tea party, Diane Rufino, Donald Trump, Founding Fathers, founding generation, freedom, government compulsion, healthcare, John Stuart Mill, Liberty, no taxation without representation, Obama, Obamacare, repeal and replace, Sons of Liberty, taxation, tea act, Tea Party, tea tax, the Affordable Care Act, Trump, tyranny, US constitution
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RESOLUTION TO CHALLENGE OBAMACARE AS AN ABUSE OF FEDERAL POWER
by Diane Rufino, Deputy Director of the NC Tenth Amendment Center and Resolutions Chair of the Pitt County GOP. The following resolution will be presented at the 2014 Pitt County GOP Convention on March 8. RESOLUTION TO OPPOSE THE AFFORDABLE … Continue reading
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How a Republic Dies
by Diane Rufino, December 30, 2013 One of my all-time favorite HBO series is ROME, starring Kevin McKidd and Ray Stevenson. Borrowing on a theme similar to Forrest Gump, the series follows the journey of two … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustus Caesar, bread and circuses, Cato, Cicero, civic decay, civic duty, decline of Rome, decline of the Roman empire, Diane Rufino, Founding Fathers, HBO series Rome, Julius Caesar, Juvenal, Lucius Vorenus, Marc Antony, moral decay, Morality, Octavian, plebs, proscription, Religion, republic, roman empire, Roman republic, Rome, Titus Pullo
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Keep the Federal Government in Check with NULLIFICATION – Not Liberty Amendments
by Diane Rufino, October 10, 2013 Mark Levin, who wrote an excellent book “The Liberty Amendments” to urge states to call for an Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments to restore the federal government back to some sort of … Continue reading
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Limit Federal Spending through Nullification and State Escrow Accounts
by Diane Rufino The government has no legitimate powers that were not initially granted to it under the Constitution. There is no provision anywhere, nor is there any implied right under the Declaration of Independence or … Continue reading
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