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What is the Tea Party movement all about?

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Let Freedom Ring has a great summary of what the Tea Party movement is not:

  • The Tea Party movement is not a nascent third-party.
  • The Tea Party movement is not “anti-tax.”
  • The Tea Party movement is not driven by social conservatism.
  • The Tea Party movement is not some subculture of bug-eyed lunatics!

The Tea Party movement is a made up of people and organizations who believe in a government limited by the powers enumerated in the Constitution and the Tenth Amendment. People in this grass-roots freedom movement are for lower taxes, smaller government and less intrusion in their lives generally.
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Sheep and Wolves

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Wile E. CoyoteIn the United States today, the people act more like sheep and the government is increasingly acting like wolves. So, I thought it might be appropriate to remember some quotes from our Founding Fathers and other wise men.

“If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.” ~Thomas Jefferson

“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” ~Edward R. Murrow

“Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves” ~Proverb

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