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--- documents:cosproject:surge:article_21-johnbirchsociety [2018/03/16 00:38] – Oliver Wolcott
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+{{:documents:cosproject:surge:surge-21-1.png?800|The time has arrived for our state legislatures to stop falling victim to the fear-mongering tactics and conspiracy theories of extremist groups.}}
-<blockquote>The time has arrived for our state legislatures to stop falling victim to the fear-mongering tactics and conspiracy theories of extremist groups.</blockquote>
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 ===== The John Birch Society Denies Its History and Betrays Its Mission =====
 **Ken Quinn, Convention of States Project**
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 Shortly after JBS was founded in 1958 by Robert Welch, JBS members began supporting state legislatures in their efforts to pass resolutions for the [[http://libertyamendment.org/|Liberty Amendment]].
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+{{:documents:cosproject:surge:surge-21-2.png?800|This country consists of a union of sovereign States which hold the only power to ratify amendments… State legislatures hold concurrent power under the Constitution to initiate such amendments as they, the States and the people within them, require.”
-{{authoring:surge:article_21-johnbirchsociety_image_2.png}}“This country consists of a union of sovereign States which hold the only power to ratify amendments… State legislatures hold concurrent power under the Constitution to initiate such amendments as they, the States and the people within them, require.”
-— Representative Larry McDonald, John Birch Society National Council & Chairman
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+— Representative Larry McDonald, John Birch Society National Council & Chairman}}
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 As one newspaper reported, “Members of the four Birch societies in Bismarck, the state capital [of North Dakota], were pushing in the legislature a proposal for a constitutional convention to act on an amendment...[the [[http://libertyamendment.org/|Liberty Amendment]]].”  ((The Warren County Observer, March 27, 1961, page 5))
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 The time has arrived for our state legislatures to stop falling victim to the fear-mongering tactics and conspiracy theories of extremist groups. As representatives of the people and guardians of the Republic, you are the last resort in defending us against this overreaching federal government by proposing amendments to restore the balance of power back to the states.
-Time is running out. Will you be led by fear or will you be a fearless leader?
+**Time is running out. Will you be led by fear or will you be a fearless leader?**
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