A quotation from Abraham Lincoln
The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us. But your view destroys the whole matter, and places our President where kings have always stood.Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Letter (1848-02-15) to William H. Herndon
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The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress, was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood…
The #FourCorners report on the #nuclear #submarines that #Australia doesn't need was lame.
While it highlighted the horrific #costs to have them built, grave assumptions were made. One being that if #China were to attempt to fulfil the #OneChinaPolicy (ie. unify with #Taiwan) that we'd need such subs, again assuming that we'd even want to go to #war over such an event.
Fellow #Australians, do you… really?
How might $300b be better spent?
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