People's Tribune Council
Tribunus Plebis
Tribunus Plebis
A new People's Tribune Council will uphold the promise made on January 20, 2017.
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The Tribune of the People emerged in 494 BC when everyday Romans walked out of the city in protest, refusing to be ruled by a government that oppressed them. Their demand was simple: Create an office that exists solely to protect the People from the government.
The result was a position with powers designed to check the elite:
"Tribunes were considered sacrosanct; harm to a Tribune was treason."
"If the People are not protected, then what meaning is left in the Republic?"
— Gaius Gracchus (Tribune 133 BC)
"The voice of the People is the shield against tyranny."
— Publius Claudius Pulcher (Tribune, 58 BC)
"The Tribunes were the sacred guardians of liberty."
— Livy
"Peace cannot survive where justice is selective."
— Gaius Scribonius Curio (Tribune, 50 BC)
Today, as bureaucracies weaponize law and politics against parents, citizens, and dissidents, the American Republic faces a similar crisis.
"The People are the only legitimate source of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power is derived."
— James Madison
"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite."
— Thomas Jefferson
The People again require a voice that stands between them and a government that has forgotten its mandate. Virtuous statesmen have created the People’s Tribune Council.
"We aren't asking permission. God already gave it."
"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."
— Samuel Adams
"We are all qualified, entitled, and morally obliged to evaluate the conduct of our rulers. It is the first and foremost of our inalienable rights without which we can preserve no other."
— John Locke