“First came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then …
Posted on April 7, 2023 by Dick .
“I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon of needed for defense of a home.”
Ronald Reagan
The Constitution and Bill of Rights …
Posted on April 16, 2001 by Dick .
“Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.”
Pope Leo XIII
So fundamental are property rights to our heritage that during the American Revolution liberty and property were thought to be indivisible. The concept that citizens were protected in their property rights was deemed so important that …
Posted on February 23, 1994 by Dick .
“Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.”
Pope Leo XIII
Students of American history gain an appreciation for the basic right of individuals to own and manage private property. So fundamental was this concept, our Founding Fathers codified it in both the Bill of Rights, …