Wednesday, May 06, 2020

The People's House

Re-open the Legislature to the Public [More]
Hell of a thing when the help can lock you out of your own digs...

Reminds me of an old observation that most have forgotten, in words and in spirit:
"What should we think of a gentleman, who, upon hiring a waiting-man, should say to him—'my friend, please to take notice, before we come together, that I shall always claim the liberty of eating when and what I please, of fishing and hunting upon my own ground, of keeping as many horses and hounds as I can maintain, and of speaking and writing my sentiments upon all subjects.' A servant must be a fool, who would not suppose such a master to be a madman... Let these truths sink deep into our hearts: that the people are the masters of their rulers and that rulers are the servants of the people..."

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