Earlier threads:
FReeper Book Club: The Debate over the Constitution
5 Oct 1787, Centinel #1
6 Oct 1787, James Wilson’s Speech at the State House
8 Oct 1787, Federal Farmer #1
9 Oct 1787, Federal Farmer #2
18 Oct 1787, Brutus #1
22 Oct 1787, John DeWitt #1
27 Oct 1787, John DeWitt #2
27 Oct 1787, Federalist #1
31 Oct 1787, Federalist #2
3 Nov 1787, Federalist #3
5 Nov 1787, John DeWitt #3
7 Nov 1787, Federalist #4
10 Nov 1787, Federalist #5
14 Nov 1787, Federalist #6
15 Nov 1787, Federalist #7
20 Nov 1787, Federalist #8
The regular distribution of power into distinct departments, the introduction of legislative balances and checks, the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior, the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their own election: these are wholly new discoveries or have made their principal progress towards perfection in modern times.
They are means, and powerful means, by which the excellences of republican government may be retained and its imperfections lessened or avoided.
The distinct departments have been dissolved over time by the long, continuous march toward a socialist government that started with the 17th Amendment. Our once limited government has been captured by long-entrenched bureaucrats and a political faction that sustains this new force at the expense of our independence and liberty.
Civil liberties are now defined as behavior that spits in the face of virtuous lifestyles and prudent financial management and prudent application of law. No longer is liberty seen as independence from a paternal government. It is now total devotion to the supreme force of a master government, and liberty from all things that call on man to be a better being.
This new liberty includes the freedom from the belief in a supreme being, a foundation that made this country great. Now this is the foundation of its downfall. When you no longer have a God to answer to, you have a government take its place.
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