Rick Santelli Quotes
Describing the concept of the House of Representatives:
This appears to be the first dated use of this phrase. Thomas Paine used the term in a publication on January 13, 1777, and is often incorrectly given credit for its coinage. Actually, Paine was not even the first to publish the phrase. Four days after Gerry wrote his letter, a letter to the editor appeared in the Pennsylvania Evening Post signed “Republicus.” His identity is not known. A few days later, July 4, the Declaration of Independence was signed. Its last paragraph refers to “the Representatives of the United States of America.” But the Declaration, drafted by Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin was actually drafted from June 11 to June 28, so this draft may have predated Gerry’s letter. In 1775 Franklin had published the term, “United States of North America,” and Thomas Jefferson used the phrase, “The American states united” in 1774.
The words “extensive empire” imply that Jefferson who doubled the size of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase was thinking of a nation that spanned the continent and was happy with the fact that the Constitution did not obstruct the addition of additional states and territories.
The First and Official Use of the Name
Rick John Santelli is an editor for the CNBC Business News network. He joined CNBC as an on-air editor on June 14, 1999, reporting primarily from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. He was formerly the vice president for an institutional trading and hedge fund account for futures-related products. He is also credited as being a catalyst in the early formation of the Tea Party movement via a statement he made on February 19, 2009.
