Daily Motivations

"Daily Motivations" - 20080821

As we sail through life, don't avoid rough waters, sail on because calm waters won't make a skillful sailor. -- Unknown



"The Patriot Post"

"If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy." --- Thomas Jefferson


"I have always believed that America is strongest and freest and happiest when it is truest to the wisdom of its Founders. In Federalist 45, James Madison wrote that 'The powers delegated by the Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Government are numerous and indefinite.' Or to put it another way, 'We the People.' As long as we remember these words---'We the People' ---and make them our guide, so long as we remember that America has always drawn its inspiration from the people and has always been governed best when governed most by those governments closest to the people, America will remain strong and free, the envy of the world." ---Ronald Reagan



"One News Now"

Oregon citizens denied vote on marriage issue

http://www.onenewsnow.com:80/Legal/Default.aspx?id=220084

The Oregon Constitution says voters have the final say over any laws passed by the state legislature. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, however, says they don't.