"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." -- James Madison, 1788
As the USA is destroyed from within, exactly as the original founders of the country warned, it is important to announce that some of its citizens did protest. Most citizens DID NOT protest, being too ignorant and preoccupied to even know there was a problem, exactly as the usurpers had planned. The struggle to maintain their own everyday comfort is the only thing most Americans can see as they are sold into slavery by their own so-called representatives and public servants.
It's not just me noticing. Others have foreseen this woeful turn of events:
"If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests." -- Patrick Henry
"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home." -- James Madison
"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." -- Samuel Adams
"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -- Thomas Paine
