Mark Meckler > Quotes

“within rigidly circumscribed guidelines. All powers not specifically granted to the federal government are reserved to the states and the people. The Founding Fathers understood the vagaries of human nature and designed a structure for our government”
― Mark Meckler, Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution

“Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. —RONALD REAGAN”
― Mark Meckler, Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution

“on the principle of its being a public blessing. —THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to”
― Mark Meckler, Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution

“the Department of Energy was created, oil cost $14.40 a barrel. It now regularly exceeds $100 a barrel. Even adjusted for inflation, oil is more than twice as expensive today as it was before we had a U.S. Department of Energy. While basic economics may suggest that the rise in the price of oil is”
― Mark Meckler, Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution

“We want to remind each elected official that he or she could be the next Senator Bob Bennett, who lost his 2010 primary because he failed to listen to the voters who sent him to D.C. in the first place.”
― Mark Meckler, Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution

“Tea Party Patriots, Inc., as an organization, believes in Fiscal Responsibility, Constitutionally Limited Government, and Free Markets. Tea Party Patriots, Inc. is a non-partisan grassroots organization of individuals united by our core values, which derive from the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States of America, and the Bill of Rights as explained in The Federalist Papers. We recognize and support the strength of a grassroots organization powered by activism and civic responsibility at a local level. We hold that the United States is a republic conceived by its architects as a nation whose people were granted “unalienable rights” by our Creator. Chief among these are the rights to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The Tea Party Patriots stand with our Founders, as heirs to the Republic, to claim our rights and duties which preserve their legacy and our own. We hold, as did the Founders, that there exists an inherent benefit to our country when private property and prosperity are secured by natural law and the rights of the individual. As an organization we do not take stances on social issues. We urge members to engage fully on the social issues they consider important and aligned with their beliefs.”
― Mark Meckler, Tea Party Patriots: The Second American Revolution