Posted by
Always To The Right on Thursday, October 30, 2008 3:43:52 AM
The Founding Fathers on
redistribution of wealth
“To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his fathers
has acquired too much, in order to spare to others, who, or whose fathers, have not exercised equal industry and
skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, the guarantee to everyone the free exercise of
his industry and the fruits acquired by it.” — Thomas Jefferson, letter to Joseph Milligan, April 6, 1816
“A wise and frugal government… shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to
regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has
earned. This is the sum of good government.” — Thomas Jefferson, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people
under the pretense of taking care of them.” — Thomas Jefferson
“Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.”
— Thomas Jefferson ... (The Reference Frame)