Good afternoon, world! I thought I should explain to any and all who might question my credentials for writing such a book, exactly what they are. To do so, I will rely on what I said in the book itself, so I include here an excerpt:
Author’s Note
So who am I, and what are my qualifications to address you, my fellow citizens? My qualifications are, in fact, only one: I am nothing more, nor less, than one of THE PEOPLE of this great nation. I hold no office – other than those of husband, father, grandfather – nor do I hold any advanced academic degrees. I am simply an Architect/Master Builder.
However, I do hold – and share with you – the only legitimate power upon which this (or any other) nation, and its government, can ever rest: the power represented by the will of THE PEOPLE. And who was Thomas Paine before he wrote Common Sense? Just a common citizen who published his thoughts….
It will remain for you, as an individual, and as a citizen, to determine whether or not I have spoken here for you and what you hold dear. I believe I do. It will not be necessary, however, that you or I convince any of those who disagree with us.
Those who “have ears to hear” and “eyes to see” will – as they always have – recognize and embrace the truth. Those who have an agenda, or whose party affiliation trumps both truth and reason, will not. Those who, because of pride, cannot bring themselves to acknowledge that they have been misled, will not. There are, sadly, always those who can behold the sun at noonday, and deny that they are seeing it. In the end, they deceive – and punish – only themselves….These are those for whom we have been admonished to pray – and we shall.
We, meanwhile, who have embraced the truth of the inspired system of government created by our founders, can find great joy in sharing our understanding (and joy!) with others. Let us “be about [our] Father’s business”!
“They [the principles of freedom (contained in the Constitu-tion)] should be the creed of our political faith – the text of civil instruction – the touchstone by which to try the service of those we trust [to represent us]; and should we wander from them in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.”
Thomas Jefferson – from his First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801
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“The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society. And yet they are denied, and evaded, with no small [degree] of success….Soberly, it is now no child’s play to save the principles of Jefferson from total overthrow in this nation.”
Abraham Lincoln – April 6, 1859 – Collected Works 3:375
So, dear friends, now you know upon what authority I base my “right to write”…in an attempt to awright our nation! I will conclude with a few additional quotes from our nation’s most gifted early writer and Founding Father, Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence:.
“[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government.” –Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1813. ME 19:197
“[It is] the people, to whom all authority belongs.” –Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane, 1821. ME 15:328
“The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people….” –Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1816. ME 14:487
“The ultimate arbiter is the people of the Union.” –Thomas Jefferson to William Johnson, 1823. ME 15:451
“I consider the people who constitute a society or nation as the source of all authority in that nation….” –Thomas Jefferson: Opinion on French Treaties, 1793. ME 3:227
If you wish to read numerous additional quotes from Jefferson on the subject, you may do so at: http://etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff0300.htm
For yet further quotes by Jefferson, Washington, Madison, and other notable men, see: http://www.initiativesamendment.org/quotes.htm
As Glenn Beck is fond of saying, “Don’t take my word for any of this!” Look it up (i.e., Google it)!
The Author
I have been thinking about a Quote By; Winston Churchill during World War II That
Two of My Brothers Served in Europe , from England to Germany ! They were on
thier way to Japan , when Truman Dropped Two Persuaders On Japan , to End the
War . I say Thank God For Truman !
Quote , Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few !
He was thanking The Royal Air Force , that had so many United States Volunteer
Pilots , to Save England . Now it’s ” So Few are Destroying So Many ” We Must Stop it.