Our founding fathers referred to eminent domain as 'despotic power;' and that was when property was being seized for the government's use. There need to be some serious changes.
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Related The city seized my property in eminent domain to widen 4th Avenue. Now I'm paying rent on property I... JOHN KNIGHT While I believe our Constitution allows for State and local governments to execute the power of emin... SOLOMON ORTIZ What BB&T is against is using eminent domain for private development of private property. That's the... BOB DENHAM I think if we can avoid the use of eminent domain, we will do so. We're not crazy about going out an... MIKE ALBERT Momentum continues to grow in Congress to pass legislation to protect homes, small businesses, and o... JOHN CORNYN (Eminent domain) is like using a meat cleaver when you need a scalpel. We've got to work through thi... BILL BOVENDER That should eliminate any need to use eminent domain. It is not - 'not' with a capital 'N' - our int... BILL MAY We can sleep a little easier at night knowing a private developer will not wield the power of eminen... MARSHA LOOPER One would expect that private property taken by eminent domain would become land available for publi... JIM RYUN We were aghast at that decision. When you use eminent domain for private use, you are abusing indivi... BOB DENHAM Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force. P. J. O'ROURKE One man's blight is another man's castle. Without proper restrictions and well-defined parameters, g... PEYTON KNIGHT Illinois statutes do not clearly spell out what municipalities are allowed to do and what alternativ... SEN. SUSAN GARRETT It's time for Deltona to decide if they want to use eminent domain for private or public development... JAMIE JESSUP Wal-Mart and Target have both been criticized for their eminent domain use. BURT FLICKINGER There's a certain percentage above fair market value that we can offer someone for their property. I... CHARLES HOLLEY I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitu... DANA ROHRABACHER I look at it when you do that as a form of eminent domain. DOUGLAS AIKEN The original measure did not go far enough to stop eminent domain abuses, but my version that was ap... JASON CROWELL Our Founding Fathers created the Executive Branch to implement and enforce the laws written by Congr... TOM RICE Property taxes, affordable housing, education, eminent domain, loss of jobs and homes, are the real ... JOE SINAGRA We keep finding out the hard way that private property rights aren't quite as sacred to some as they... GEORGE JOHNSON There was no standard reference when the new era of a civilized mankind began. The founding fathers ... TOBA BETA We have a very serious problem with eminent domain abuse in this state. It's disappointing that the ... DAN WOOD We were able to identify another piece of property and stop the eminent domain proceedings. Much of ... DALE GRAHAM Without any limits on the government's eminent domain power, every home, church, or corner store SCOTT BULLOCK The right to private property ownership is one of our core freedoms, ... Historically, eminent domai... LINCOLN DAVIS [The city] should have followed certain government code rules in dealing with the property owner bef... BOB ERNST When President Obama took office, I was transitioning out of the military and just seeing that he wa... RON DESANTIS The Imperial Senate, ever conscious of the weight of public opinion resting on the tip of the pencil... CHRISTINA ENGELA I go back to when the Constitution was written by our founding fathers. We profess as a nation to be... GARRY THOMAS The decision speaks for itself and we're moving forward with condemnation. The interpretation is tha... BILL STERN Thousands of present day students, like many of our Founding Fathers, are being taught at home. ERNEST ISTOOK the series of checks and balances that exemplify the genius of our founding fathers. HENRY HYDE We have seen a central government promote the power of labor-union bosses, and in turn be supported ... ROBERT W. WELCH, JR. Many of the founding fathers either traveled through or at some point stayed here in our city. BILL BRAY Our founding fathers could not have foreseen that freedom of the press might eventually be threatene... MARSHALL HERSKOVITZ This is the crucial year for the eminent domain issue. LARRY MORANDI You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen ... CHARLES AUSTIN BEARD You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen ... CHARLES A. BEARD You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen ... CHARLES AUSTIN BEARD The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized. MICHAEL BESCHLOSS Eminent domain is a last resort, but the possibility is definitely there. ANTHONY PHILLIPS Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is v... TODD TIAHRT Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD We have made a very significant shift in this state on eminent domain. We have gone from a reasonabl... LOUIS JAMBOIS If they try to do it for private commercial purposes, they lose all their money. You lose it across ... HENRY BONILLA I strongly believe that the Founding Fathers of our country got it right: power corrupts, and any ti... DEAN ORNISH In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that ... DOC HASTINGS There are many, many instances where we've found that the cities that agreed to eminent domain use n... ADRIAN MOORE Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how bes... MIKE QUIGLEY With the people, especially a people seized of property, resides the aggregate of original power. EZRA STILES I'm a great believer in governments doing as little as possible and people power doing the rest,... GERRY HARVEY Great American leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. worshipped God just as our Founding Fathers ... STEVE KING The power of the silent filibuster to distort Senate politics is now accepted on Capitol Hill and by... JUAN WILLIAMS There have been some complaints against some local hotels for price gouging ... those are being refe... JAMES GUTHRIE It was never intended by the Founding Fathers that the President of the United States should be a ve... J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to which money could be applied ... ANDREW CARNEGIE If there was one thing worse than being cheated, it was being cheated by someone who referred to the... CHRIS WOODING The vast, overwhelming majority of Americans are opposed to using eminent domain. DANA BERLINER It is hard to be enthusiastic about the economy's prospects when house prices are falling: House... MARK ZANDI The best way to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen is to go about repeating the very p... CHARLES AUSTIN BEARD A message there needs to be some changes in our justice system and a message that we need an effecti... DON SCHIEMANN 'Legality' is a mad phrase to use when it comes to the founding of nations. Australia was fo... HOWARD JACOBSON It would be a lot better for the staff and our coaches to know that he is more available. There were... DON COOPER Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI It's an election year. Would you want to be the elected official who voted against eminent domain re... CAROL SAVIAK Rape always has to do with power. Where the alleged perpetrator is the former deputy president ? who... CARRIE SHELVER When I was growing up, yearning with my pals to be a track star, one of our heroes was Bruce Jenner.... NICHOLAS KRISTOF create a chilling effect on the use of eminent domain for a variety of public purposes not specifica... EDDIE PEREZ That was him being less stubborn and making some changes he needed to make at the plate. CHIPPER JONES The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And the... RONALD REAGAN We don't have a lot in our toolbox to begin with as far as economic development tools. This one, eve... DIANE COSTELLO Based on the '60 Minutes' segment aired Sunday evening, there was a document that was shown that app... ROB NICHOLS Two hundred years ago, our Founding Fathers gave us a democracy. It was based upon the simple, yet n... PAUL TSONGAS They're trying to create a sense of concern so that when the government goes out to banks and local ... ANDY ROTHMAN Our next step will be that Bruce and I will be meeting with the state economic development people an... LUGE HARDMAN The eminent domain issue is not just about Riviera Beach. MARTHA BABSON To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS There was a time when all dark-skinned people were called Ethiopians, for the Greeks referred to Afr... JOHN HENRIK CLARKE It's open season on eminent domain. Bills are being pushed by Democrats and Republicans, liberals an... LARRY MORANDI For the freedoms our founding fathers not only dreamed about, but made into reality. It is that same... JOHN M. MCHUGH Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if... BARBER B. CONABLE JR. Could anyone look into the faces of (the founding fathers) and tell them it really doesn't matter th... BOB BARR Polling indicates that 90 percent of the electorate opposes eminent domain for economic development.... GENE KREBS That would be a power we have as property owners, separate from our local police powers, so there wo... DAVID ACTON Initially, our intent was to develop them for use in developing countries, and then it became clear ... VICTORIA JENNINGS I'm not particularly fond of eminent domain. I don't know why we have to buy up everything there bef... MARIE HORENBURGER We were absolutely not ever offered the opportunity to buy that property. It was always understood t... REBECCA HALE Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if... BARBER CONABLE Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if... BARBER B. CONABLE, JR. The whole thing is still bigger than it was when it was announced. When it comes to the scale and de... DANIEL GOLDSTEIN Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the eman... BARRY GOLDWATER Equality, rightly understood as our founding fathers understood it, leads to liberty and to the eman... BARRY GOLDWATER The clock ticks and time runs out. Our founding fathers wanted to make it hard to pass legislation a... ERIC JOHNSON When I was a youngster growing up in South Dakota, we never referred to the national debt, it was al... GEORGE MCGOVERN We must bring the rule of law to its full fruition in the United States, and when we do, we will hav... DAVID BOIES It speaks to the changes in Maine. Two generations ago there was little need for this. Now there is. LYNN KIPPAX Farm Bureau worked for eminent domain reform for the last three years in Missouri, and we are please... CHARLES E. KRUSE I was prepared for [being waived]. You have to be. The team has made changes already in preparation ... ALLAN RULE
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