Marx verses Jefferson-- you decide.

Karl Marx, the founder of modern day Communism, and some of his quotes and Thomas Jefferson, the primary writer of the US Constitution, and some of his words.

Karl Marx-- “Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with
occurrences it cannot understand."

"Religion is the opium of the masses.”

“The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.”

“The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.”

“The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.”

Thomas Jefferson--
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

"Most bad government has grown out of too much government."

"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny."

"A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate."

"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first."

And my favorite--

"Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases."

May we fight the good fight for our liberty!