At the founding of this Republic, there were only four federal crimes: treason, counterfeiting, piracy, and crimes against the law of nations. Now there are three thousand federal crimes, three hundred thousand federal administrative regulations, many of which are punishable as crimes, and about eighty-five thousand local governments with five hundred thirteen thousand elected officials, or one in every five hundred people. We have an estimated forty-five million laws – state, federal and local. God, the Creator of the universe, gave us only ten laws with which to live our lives, and although I fail often, I try to conduct my life by those Ten Commandments. It would be impossible, however, to obey forty-five million laws. Those millions of laws and the government enforcers are destroying our Republic.
–Mel Stamper, Juris Doctor and author of Fruit from a Poisonous Tree
There are Ten Commandments but several hundred statutes, ordinances and judgments. Not “ten” Laws.
One can understand what is being said however, with man-made edicts and regulations in the millions.
The Christian Republic is long gone, killed starting with the Treason of 1861. The Socialist Republic is alive and well in 2019. “Well” might not be the right word but you know what is meant.