#168 - Tea Party 2009

These men Knew what they meant,
and meant what they said.
-Treasured Map "TEA Party" 2009-

"It is also in the interests of a tyrant to keep his people poor, so that they may not be able to afford the cost of protecting themselves by arms and be so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for rebellion."

-Aristotle

"The right of self-defense never ceases. It is among the most sacred, and alike necessary to nations and to individuals."

-James Monroe, former President 1817-1825

"There exists a law, not written down anywhere, but in our hearts; a law which comes to us not by training or custom or reading; a law which has come to us not from theory but from practice; not by instruction but by natural intuition: I refer to the law which lays it down that, if our lives are endangered by plots or violence or armed robbers or enemies, any and every method of protecting ourselves is morally right."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero