Really? I am a devotee of the Ben Frankiln quote on Liberty and Security. He was light years ahead of any of us, regardless of what the international community was like in his day.
I resist the practice of some people to treat the Founding Fathers like demigods. They were flawed individuals, far from perfect. Still, their wisdom is unquestionable, and the survival and thriving of the United States in the same period that has seen European and Asian empires rise and disintegrate is testimony to that.
But are their extra-Constitutional words to be treated as gospel, to be given the weight of Scripture? I think not.
Are you going to address any of the questions?