An Addendum
September 17th 2010 20:09
An addendum to my post today, as I was reading the book “The Real George Washington – The True Story of America’s Most Indispensable Man”
George Washington was the representative from Fairfax County to the Continental Congress. Each county selected and sent a representative to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Each county wrote and voted on Resolutions. The resolution from Fairfax helped written by Washington had two resolutions that I want to share.
“Resolved that - the most important and valuable part of the British constitution, upon which its very existence depends, is the fundamental principle of the people’s being governed by no laws to which they have not given their consent, by the representatives freely chosen by themselves.
Resolved that……… of making such laws as they think fit to govern the people of these colonies, and to exhort from us our money without our consent, is not only diametrically contrary to the first principles of the constitution…….”
I found that in light of many of the discussion today about taxes, the deficit and overspending as well as the quick passage of bills that many of our representatives have not read before voting on that they were important to share on Constitution Day and add to the post encouraging you to read the Constitution of the United States.
Wondering if we could start an on-line book club reading about our founding fathers and what they stood for and their writings. Let me know what you all think.
George Washington was the representative from Fairfax County to the Continental Congress. Each county selected and sent a representative to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Each county wrote and voted on Resolutions. The resolution from Fairfax helped written by Washington had two resolutions that I want to share.
“Resolved that - the most important and valuable part of the British constitution, upon which its very existence depends, is the fundamental principle of the people’s being governed by no laws to which they have not given their consent, by the representatives freely chosen by themselves.
I found that in light of many of the discussion today about taxes, the deficit and overspending as well as the quick passage of bills that many of our representatives have not read before voting on that they were important to share on Constitution Day and add to the post encouraging you to read the Constitution of the United States.
Wondering if we could start an on-line book club reading about our founding fathers and what they stood for and their writings. Let me know what you all think.
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