Thomas Jefferson, Dan Hannan

Hank Williams Jr. wrote a song in which the lyrics contained the phrase " Mr. Lincoln I wish you were here". I wish Jefferson were available to straighten things out up in Washington. Mr Jefferson I wish you were here !

Some quotes from Thomas Jefferson:

• "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give it to those who would not"
• "Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have.....The course of history shows that as government grows, liberty decreases."
• Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
• "The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort , to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
• "Most bad government has grown out of too much government."
• "When people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." 

In the YouTube below:

Dan Hannan from the U. K. addressing British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at the E.U.

"Look Mr. President, No Teleprompter"

This was by any measure an Impromptu Smack down !