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Today's Founder Quote:

"Slavery, or an absolute and unlimited power in the master over the life and
fortune of the slave, is unauthorized by the common law.... The reasons
which we sometimes see assigned for the origin and the continuance of
slavery appear, when examined to the bottom, to be built upon a false
foundation. In the enjoyment of their persons and of their property, the
common law protects all."
--James Wilson
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Life is made up of both appropriate and inappropriate choices.
Accountability for choice leads to either good character, success and
increasing freedoms or repercussions which limit personal freedoms, burdens
society and tax others for the poor choice of others.

Liberalism insists equality mean continued poor choice be rewarded as like
good choice. Bell curves in education rewards mediocrity or poor study
habits and prescription drug programs reward poor choice in the planning,
poor labor history and savings habits. Personal responsibility means
accepting have one makes his bed and then made to lie in it.

"Those who do not work should not eat." (2 Thessalonians 3:10)
(the exception is the infirmed and the dead)

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"The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty
but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to be slaves
themselves, they employed their power to enslave the rest of mankind."
--Thomas Paine

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What is the appropriate choice for one man may not be the appropriate choice for another man.
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In a civilized society, a man is accountable to the laws of that society.
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".........the poor choice of others........."


There's material here for a whole debate.

What's a poor choice for one man may not be a poor choice for another man.
Just take a look at a man's wife.

Does government have the right to prevent it's citizens from making poor choices ?
Should government have the responsiblity of pairing couples ?
This would reduce the current high divorce rate.


What if the President makes a poor choice in the appointment of Supreme Court Judges ?
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".........Bell curves in education rewards mediocrity or poor study........."


Schools are a very special and separate debate.

This debate should not be mixed with other political debates.
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What is the appropriate choice for one man may not be the appropriate choice for another man.
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In a civilized society, a man is accountable to the laws of that society.
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".........the poor choice of others........."


There's material here for a whole debate.

What's a poor choice for one man may not be a poor choice for another man.
Just take a look at a man's wife.

Does government have the right to prevent it's citizens from making poor choices ?
Should government have the responsiblity of pairing couples ?
This would reduce the current high divorce rate.


What if the President makes a poor choice in the appointment of Supreme Court Judges ?
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