Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Words of Thomas Jefferson

Now which of the following applies to our current president?

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents... There is also an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents; for with these it would belong to the first class... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government, and provision should be made to prevent its ascendency.

-- Thomas Jefferson


George W. Bush would never be president were it not for the artificial aristocracy of privilege to which he was born.

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