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Self-governing individuals are necessary to have a self-governing society. That is, only a moral and disciplined people are capable of being governed by a limited government.
Published: Sunday, April 14th, 2013 @ 10:37 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I noted a couple of days ago that North Carolina native Richard Weaver helped spark the modern conservative movement with his 1948 book Ideas Have Consequences.
Published: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 12:41 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On January 9, I spoke at the "Honor the Oath" Rally in Raleigh, NC, organized by the Carolina Liberty PAC and a former NC state legislator. That was the day that members of the NC General Assembly took their oath of office.
Published: Sunday, January 13th, 2013 @ 11:58 am
By: Diane Rufino
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But I have serious problems in his (Abraham Lincoln) legal and Constitutional justifications for the Civil War.
Published: Monday, November 19th, 2012 @ 3:46 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The NC Institute for Constitutional Law (NCICL) recently published an article about nullification, asserting that it not a legitimate constitutional remedy.
Published: Sunday, September 23rd, 2012 @ 4:41 am
By: Diane Rufino
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I've changed my mind about the 2012 campaigns for North Carolina governor. I now think they may actually matter.
Published: Monday, August 13th, 2012 @ 6:10 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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It is a good thing the doctrines of nullification and interposition are being revived. Perhaps it's the urgency of the constitutional crisis we face that has made the doctrines so appealing and sensible.
Published: Sunday, June 10th, 2012 @ 5:08 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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I wanted to touch on something, as you already probably know, that had me really upset over Thanksgiving. And that was Obama's failure to acknowledge and thank God in his Thanksgiving message to the nation.
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2011 @ 11:21 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The need for government, plain and simple, is because absolute freedom is impossible.
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 @ 6:11 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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The Declaration of Independence wasn't intended as a one-time "Get Out of Jail Free" card !!
Published: Sunday, September 11th, 2011 @ 7:25 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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I went to Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally two weeks ago, and then got right back into my van and drove back up to Washington D.C. for the 9/12 Rally.
Published: Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 @ 9:35 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; It is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.
Published: Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 @ 1:42 am
By: Diane Rufino
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