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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essence of that difference when he said: 'You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe.' Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights." [http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=5015]

*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essence of that difference when he said: 'You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; rights derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe.' Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights."<ref>[http://www.antiwar.com/pat/?articleid=5015]</ref>

==Quotations==

==Quotations==

*"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 European nations. But the suggestion that we'd be better served with more 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 European nations. But the suggestion that we'd be better served with more 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 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 G-d. I'm guessing that when G-d gave Moses the 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 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 G-d. I'm guessing that when G-d gave Moses the 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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