“The Declaration of Independence...claims...the ultimate source of authority by stating...they were...’appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of their intentions.’...The foundations of our independence and our Government rests upon basic religious convictions. Back of the authority of our laws is the authority of the Supreme Judge of the World, to whom we still appeal. It seems to me perfectly plain that the authority of law, the right to equality, liberty, and property, under American institutions, have for their foundation reverence for God. If we could imagine that to be swept away, these institutions of our American government could not long survive.”
— President Calvin Coolidge
Let’s hope we don’t put Calvin’s words to the test.
That must begin with honesty from our side. It used to be that liberals were the pie-in-the-sky wishful-thinking types who only saw the world as they wanted it to be, and were inevitably disappointed. But somehow we’ve changed places with them, selling ourselves lies about “un-skewing” polls and telling each other that the country was secretly right in lockstep with us. Until the returns stated coming in. Which we met with more self-delusions. Liberals, meanwhile, got steely-eyed, saw the world as it actually was and decided to change it.
Now we need to reclaim our former strength to begin changing it back. Repeating more falsehoods only gets in our way and makes our opponents stronger by our weakness.
Love your username, by the way. Because it’s exactly what we’ve lost, and what we so desperately need.