Mickey Edwards Professions : Former U.S. Congressman Born : July 12, 1937 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Mickey Edwards As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive power are indeed a nightmare and Peter Shane's extremely readable and well-informed book describes this disturbing transformation in frightening detail. For anybody who cares about our constitutional system of protected liberties, this book is indispensable. I couldn't put it down and grew angrier, and more concerned, with every page. Mickey Edwards government book people The Supreme Court's 1947 decision which introduced the wall of separation between church and state 'has fueled a movement to sterilize anything in American public life from religion.' Mickey Edwards wall religious christian I would like to see a contribution-free election that permitted the people to vote as opposed to corporations. There really ought to be no money in the system except what an individual voter or citizen contributes out of his or her own pocket. Mickey Edwards pockets citizens people It's easy to talk about our system not functioning. It's actually functioning exactly the way we've designed it to function by giving so much power to the political parties, which all of our, you know, leading founders - Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison - all said don't create political parties like the ones we have now. We did it, and we're paying a very high price for it. Mickey Edwards political party giving Similar Authors Artemas Ward former-us-congressman Doug Ose former-us-congressman John Salazar former-us-congressman John Randolph of Roanoke former-us-congressman John Lindsay former-us-congressman Jim Leach former-us-congressman All Authors
