#177 - Tea Party 2009

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

"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."
-Abraham Lincoln, former President 1861-1865


"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."
-Theodore Roosevelt, former President 1901-1909


"Those are governed best who are governed least."
-Thomas Jefferson, former President 1801-1809


"The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy."
-Woodrow Wilson, former President 1913-1921


"In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress."
-John Adams, former President 1797-1801