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To: koan who wrote (24662)	8/23/2012 8:07:55 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

You have no idea how a democracy works! I worked half my life in government. If I didn't do what my bosses told me to do I would have been fired. And legislators use to question me all the time. They called me to the hill whenever they wanted. What do you think government employee's do? The American system is not a democracy. It is a constitutional republic. A democracy, if you attach meaning to terms, is a system of unlimited majority rule . . . a form of collectivism, which denies individual rights . . . . The American system is a constitutionally limited republic, restricted to the protection of individual rights. In such a system, majority rule is applicable only to lesser details, such as the selection of certain personnel. But the majority has no say over the basic principles governing the government. It has no power to ask for or gain the infringement of individual rights. Leonard Peikoff, The Philosophy of Objectivism lecture series, Lecture 9

To: koan who wrote (24662)

8/23/2012 8:09:30 PM

From: average joe

Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 85487

What did the Founding Fathers want for America?

Founding Fathers: What did they really want for America?

If more Americans pondered this simple question they would have a more clear understanding of why those brave men who came before us risked their blood, treasure and sacred honor to create the greatest nation on Earth.

The Founding Fathers were a revolutionary group, diverse in their professions and yet unified in their goal: American liberty.

They understood that the citizens should have a say in their government and that the government only derives its legitimate power from the consent of the governed.

When Thomas Jefferson penned those timeless, eloquent words of freedom in the Declaration of Independence it sent political shock waves around the world that continue to reverberate in the minds of revolutionaries everywhere.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."

A challenge was issued that kings did not automatically have supreme authority.

Rights come from Nature's God and it was time for men to rise up to secure these rights at any cost because it was the right thing to do.

The proper role of government.

Thus begun a radical shift in political thought. Individuals are not given rights by a government or king, the power of that government or king must be justly derived from the consent of the governed.

Rights would no longer be given to the people by the government, the government would be given limited rights from the people.

America would be a land of freedom and opportunity, with minimal government intrusion, a limited central government that would simply protect the people and maintain a safe environment for them to pursue happiness in anyway they saw fit.

The Founding Fathers would weep if they saw how destructive the government of the nation they risked everything to create had become to the liberty of the people.

The most common lie told is when a modern politician puts his hand on that Holy Book and swears to uphold and defend the United States Constitution.

If Americans truly want the Republic that their forefathers bled for, they must educate themselves on what the Founding Fathers wanted for America and fight to restore that vision through strict adherence and respect for the Constitution.

They must stop trading liberty for security.
They must stop thinking the role of the government is to be involved in all aspects of their lives.
They must take a good look at what the proper role of government is.
They must understand that as government expands, liberty contracts.
That government is best, which governs least.

Thomas Jefferson, a true literary warrior for American liberty, stated:

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."

If Thomas Jefferson could only see America now.

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