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mi rjuuawis «J. MCCARTHY
Rappahannock News Contributing Writer
“The proud and careless notes live on” wrote William Butler Yeats, “when all this heavy history is done.”
So too, do the proud and careless words of politicians after the heavy or light history to which they were once relevant is done. We must look at slogans, phrases, declarations, other expressions that have once been relevant and served the country well, to determine whether they 'Still are relevant, useful, and properly descriptive of our purposes, and our ways.
Words attributed to Thomas Jefferson to this end, “That government governs best, that governs least, are now called up by conservatives and libertarians, as principled grounds for opposing nearly every government program and operation. It is so used, even though in action, if not in words, Jefferson rejected it in his advocacy of the adoption of the Constitution, to replace the Articles of Confederation, and the government, inadequate, and too “little.” that was established under that document.
Nor does John Kennedy’s much quoted “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” stand the test of time, nor does it measure up well against
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