Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution the time will come when medicine will organize itself into an undercover dictatorship. To restrict the art of healing to doctors and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of medical science. All such laws are un-American moral and despotic.
voyageur said:Noticed this quote that Dr. Mercola cited on his website related to medicine and our present state of affairs. What caught my attention was the incredible accuracy of this statement considering when it was written. Not having a life study under the 'Declaration of Independence', here is what one signing author said:
Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution the time will come when medicine will organize itself into an undercover dictatorship. To restrict the art of healing to doctors and deny equal privileges to others will constitute the Bastille of medical science. All such laws are un-American moral and despotic.
1776, Dr. Benjamin Rush
voyageur said:[quote author=SeekinTruth link]
Yeah, that is very prescient. But, on the other hand, many things in the constitution are totally moot by now.
Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds are added to those of subduing the force of the people. The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the inequality of fortunes and the opportunities of fraud growing out of a state of war, and in the degeneracy of manners and of morals engendered by both. No nation could reserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.
Those truths are well established. They are read in every page which records the progression from a less arbitrary to a more arbitrary government, or the transition from a popular government to an aristocracy or a monarchy."
It is curious--curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.
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voyageur said:See below Fulcanelli in signature - one of many excellent quotes.
Alana said:voyageur said:See below Fulcanelli in signature - one of many excellent quotes.
Voyageur, it might be a good idea to add the quote you refer to in your post, so that if in the future you change your signature, it would still make sense to those who will read it.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” —I Corinthians 13:4-8a
c.a. said:What is true love and how do you know when you have found it?
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” —I Corinthians 13:4-8a
True love
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― Erich Segal, Love StoryLove means never having to say you're sorry.”
Attributed to John LennonLove means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes."