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First Principles
by citizenW (centrist)
About The Author
citizenW, a Wisconsin native who memorized the first third of the Declaration of Independence in eighth grade, and takes seriously the concepts and principles on which this country was founded, has been a disenfranchised denizen of DC and a civil (mostly) servant of the people of the several "states" for over three decades.
About The Column
"That no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles."
Frequent Reference to Fundamental Principles
Published: August 15, 2008
"...elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free; and ...all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for publick uses without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented, for the publick good."
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