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Rich Tucker The Foundry Heritage.org 2/17/2014 …George Washington “understood himself to be the President of a Republic in which the people, through their elected representatives in Congress, make laws,” Heritage’s David Azerrad writes. As the chief executive, Washington recognized that his constitutional charge to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed” was a duty […] February 17th, 2014 | Tags: Calvin Coolidge, Donna Brazile, George Washington, Mark Steyn, Presidents' Day, rule of law, Twitter | Category: Barack Obama, Politics, Social networking websites, US Constitution | Comments are closed
18 February 2013
At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The growing infirmities of age and the increasing love of retirement, daily confirm my decided predilection for domestic life: and the great Searcher of human hearts is my […] February 18th, 2013 | Tags: Charles Petit, farming, George Washington, Presidents' Day, public service, retirement | Category: Congress, Founding Fathers, History, Quotations, Virginia | Comments are closed
David Boaz The Cato Institute 2/20/2012 Today is some vaguely named “Presidents’ Day,” but Wednesday is the anniversary of George Washington’s birth. So it’s a good day to remember the contribution he made to the American republic. I wrote this several years ago: George Washington was the man who established the American republic. He led […] February 20th, 2012 | Tags: George Washington, Litchfield, Presidents' Day, Term Limits | Category: American Revolutionary War, Connecticut, Founding Fathers, History, Politics, sarah palin | Comments are closed
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