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*Asks Williams: "Does our [[pledge of allegiance]] to the flag say to 'the democracy for which it stands,' or does it say to 'the republic for which it stands'? Or do we sing 'The Battle Hymn of the Democracy' or 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'?"

*Asks Williams: "Does our [[pledge of allegiance]] to the flag say to 'the democracy for which it stands,' or does it say to 'the republic for which it stands'? Or do we sing 'The Battle Hymn of the Democracy' or 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'?"

*There is a critical difference between a republic and a democracy, Williams notes, citing our second president: "[[John Adams]] captured the essence of that difference when he said: 'You have [[Unalienable rights|rights antecedent to all earthly governments]]; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the [[God|Great Legislator of the Universe]].' Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a [[United States Bill of Rights|protector of rights]]."<ref>[http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=5015]</ref>

*There is a critical difference between a republic and a democracy, Williams notes, citing our second president: "[[John Adams]] captured the essence of that difference when he said: 'You have [[Unalienable rights|rights antecedent to all earthly governments]]; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the [[God|Great Legislator of the Universe]].' Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a [[Bill of Rights|protector of rights]]."<ref>[http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=5015]</ref>

==Quotations==

==Quotations==

*"The framers gave us the [[Second Amendment]] not so we could go deer or duck [[hunting]] but to give us a modicum of protection against [[congress]]ional [[tyranny]]."<ref>http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes_by/walter+williams</ref>

*"The framers gave us the [[Second Amendment]] not so we could go deer or duck [[hunting]] but to give us a modicum of protection against [[congress]]ional [[tyranny]]."<ref>http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes_by/walter+williams</ref>

*"A panhandler is far more [[mora]]l than corporate [[welfare state|welfare]] queens....The panhandler doesn't enlist anyone to force you to give him [[money]]. He's coming up to you and saying, "Will you help me out?" The [[farmer]]s, when they want [[subsidies]], they're not asking for a voluntary transaction. They go to a [[congressman]] and say, "Could you take his money and give it to us?" That's immoral."<ref>http://www.famous-quote.net/walter-williams-quotes.shtml</ref>

*"A panhandler is far more [[mora]]l than corporate [[welfare state|welfare]] queens....The panhandler doesn't enlist anyone to force you to give him [[money]]. He's coming up to you and saying, "Will you help me out?" The [[farmer]]s, when they want [[subsidy|subsidies]], they're not asking for a voluntary transaction. They go to a [[congressman]] and say, "Could you take his money and give it to us?" That's immoral."<ref>http://www.famous-quote.net/walter-williams-quotes.shtml</ref>

*"Sometimes the advocates of [[socialized medicine]] claim that [[health care]] is too important to be left to the market. That's why some politicians are calling for us to adopt health care systems such as those in [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom]] and other [[Europe]]an nations. But the suggestion that we'd be better served with more [[big government|government control]] doesn't even pass a simple smell test." <ref>[http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams072507.php3 ''Health Care: Government vs. Private'']</ref>

*"Sometimes the advocates of [[socialized medicine]] claim that [[health care]] is too important to be left to the market. That's why some politicians are calling for us to adopt health care systems such as those in [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom]] and other [[Europe]]an nations. But the suggestion that we'd be better served with more [[big government|government control]] doesn't even pass a simple smell test." <ref>[http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams072507.php3 ''Health Care: Government vs. Private'']</ref>

*"It's easy to be a [[Marxist]] if you haven't read his writings"<ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams062106.asp ''Historical Tidbits'']</ref>

*"It's easy to be a [[Marxist]] if you haven't read his writings"<ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams062106.asp ''Historical Tidbits'']</ref>

*"[[Charity]] is reaching into one's own pockets to assist his fellow man in need.  Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly qualifies  as charity. When done privately, we deem it theft, and the individual risks jail  time." <ref>[http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/05/give.html ''Not Yours to Give'']</ref>

*"[[Charity]] is reaching into one's own pockets to assist his fellow man in need.  Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly qualifies  as charity. When done privately, we deem it theft, and the individual risks jail  time." <ref>[http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/wew/articles/05/give.html ''Not Yours to Give'']</ref>

*"There's such a broad ignorance or contempt for constitutional principles among  the [[American]] people that any [[politician]] who bore truth faith and allegiance to the Constitution would commit political suicide."<ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams092105.asp ''Is it Permissible?'']</ref>

*"There's such a broad ignorance or contempt for constitutional principles among  the [[American]] people that any [[politician]] who bore truth faith and allegiance to the Constitution would commit political suicide."<ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams092105.asp ''Is it Permissible?'']</ref>

*"Three-fifths to two-thirds of the [[deficit spending|federal budget]] consists of taking property from one American and giving it to another. Were a private person to do the same  thing, we'd call it theft. When government does it, we euphemistically call it [[income redistributio]]n, but that's exactly what thieves do — redistribute income.  Income redistribution not only betrays the founders' vision, it's a [[sin]] in the eyes of [[God]]. I'm guessing that when God gave [[Moses]] the [[Ten Comandments|Eighth Commandment]], 'Thou  shalt not steal,' I'm sure he didn't mean 'thou shalt not steal unless there was  a majority vote in Congress.'"<ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams020806.asp ''Bogus Rights'']</ref>

*"Three-fifths to two-thirds of the [[deficit spending|federal budget]] consists of taking property from one American and giving it to another. Were a private person to do the same  thing, we'd call it theft. When government does it, we euphemistically call it [[income redistribution]], but that's exactly what thieves do — redistribute income.  Income redistribution not only betrays the founders' vision, it's a [[sin]] in the eyes of [[God]]. I'm guessing that when God gave [[Moses]] the [[Ten Commandments|Eighth Commandment]], 'Thou  shalt not steal,' I'm sure he didn't mean 'thou shalt not steal unless there was  a majority vote in Congress.'"<ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/williams020806.asp ''Bogus Rights'']</ref>

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