Posted on 05/07/2015 3:41:26 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
The failure is one of the will. It is high time for the good and decent people of this nation to regain their nerve and find the will to defend their freedom
Throughout this series of essays, I have emphasized that there are a number of key concepts that lay the foundation for a successful republican and constitutional government that serves to preserve liberty. These include concepts such as natural law, natural rights, the rule of law, the division of governing power, and the reasonableness of laws that are made. Now, as I close this series, it is time to point out something that may be uncomfortable for many, but which is nevertheless true.
All of these concepts are toothless without the will to put them into practice.
We can talk about natural rights until we are blue in the face, but the fact remains that while we may possess them from God as our natural birthright as rational beings created in His image, the only way we can effectively enjoy them is to be diligent about both securing and then maintaining our ability to use them.
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The cost of freedom is the lives of those who would take it from you.
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