Newsletter of the Madison County Virginia Republican Women
Saturday, March 23, 2013
April 16th: Sen. Mark Obenshain to speak in Madison
Senator Mark Obenshain
candidate for the Republican nomination for Attorney General of Virginia will be the Guest Speaker at the
April 16th meeting
of the Madison County Republican Women.
In 2003, Mark Obenshain was elected to the Virginia State Senate for the 26th District.In the Senate, Obenshain serves on four Committees:Courts of Justice, Local Government, Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Privileges and Elections.
The meeting will be held 6:30-8:30 PM at the Madison Presbyterian Church, 1236 Fishback Road (Rt. 722 at North traffic light).
Everyone is invited to attend this informative meeting. The evening's menu features an assortment of tasty chicken dishes. Dinner: $8.
Every third Tuesday, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM at the Fellowship Baptist Church Annex, 725 Gate Road, Madison, VA 22727. For information, call (540) 932-4300. (Except as noted for Special Events)
*** COMMUNITY FOOD CLOSETS – A collection box is available at all MCRW monthly membership for donations of non-perishable boxed/canned food items to be forwarded to the Madison Emergency Shelter Association (MESA).
*** LITERACY PROGRAM – donations of new or gently used books for local schools, library and charities.
*** SUPPORT THE TROOPS – “Operation Warm Heart” – A collection box is available at all MCRW monthly membership meetings for donations.
MCRW is a member of the Virginia Federation of Republican Women (VFRW) and the National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW).
Our club works to promote an informed public through political education and activity; to increase the effectiveness of women in the cause of good government; to recruit and support Republican women for elective office on the local, state and national levels as well as intra-party positions; to foster loyalty to the Republican Party and to promote its principles and candidates in all elections, including non-partisan elections; and to support the objectives and policies of the Republican National Committee and to work for the election of Republican Party nominees.
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"Our Founders saw democracy as a variant of tyranny. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention, Edmund Randolph said, “…that in tracing these evils to their origin every man had found it in the turbulence and follies of democracy.” John Adams said, “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” Alexander Hamilton said, “We are now forming a Republican form of government. Real Liberty is not found in the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy, or some other form of dictatorship.”
"By the way, the word democracy appears in none of our founding documents.
"The Founders of our nation recognized that we need government, but because the essence of government is force, and force is evil, government should be as small as possible. The Founders intended for us to have a limited republican form of government where human rights precede government and there is rule of law. Citizens, as well as government officials, are accountable to the same laws. Government intervenes in civil society only to protect its citizens against force and fraud, but does not intervene in the cases of peaceable, voluntary exchange."
Walter Williams
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"The Republican party is a party of progress, and of liberty toward its opponents. It encourages the poor to strive to better their children, to enable them to compete successfully with their more fortunate associates, and, in fine, it secures an entire equality before the law of every citizen, no matter what his race, nationality, or previous condition. It tolerates no privileged class. Every one has the opportunity to make himself all he is capable of… The Republican party is a party of principles; the same principles prevailing wherever it has a foothold."
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), September 28, 1880
Delivered by the retired president before a Republican gathering in Warren, Ohio
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William F. Marshall
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That the free enterprise system is the most productive supplier of human needs and economic justice
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That fiscal responsibility and budgetary restraints must be exercised at all levels of government
That the Federal Government must preserve individual liberty by observing constitutional limitations
That peace is best preserved through a strong national defense
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