The Foundations of Liberty and Freedom in America

Hillsdale College Imprimius ^ | 10/1/2019 | Justice Clarence Thomas

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Justice Clarence Thomas spoke these perhaps prophetic words while dedicating a chapel at Hillsdale College this past October. "Our Country was founded on the view that a correct understanding of the nature of God and the human person is crucial to preserving the liberty that we so enjoy.

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"John Adams wrote,'Our Constitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other'. He realized that the preservation of our liberty is not guaranteed. Without the guardrails supplied by religious conviction, popular sovereignty can devolve into mob rule, unmoved by any conception of objective truth. As I think about our popular culture today,I am reminded of Ronald Reagan's warning that,'Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.We didn't pass it on to our children in their bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then pass it on to their children to do the same.' Each generation is responsible to itself and to succeeding generations for preserving and promoting the blessings of liberty. Faith in God, more than anything else, fuels the strength of character and self-discipline needed to discharge that responsibility." These words spoken by Justice Thomas beautifully express the requirements and responsibilities of freedom and the liberty that our Constitution requires and that we must defend as did generations before us,"With our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor".

[Lurkinanloomin]

Too bad not ONE of our elected and appointed had the courage to stand for the Constitution.

It says natural born citizen.

Obama is not one.

Words have meaning or the Constitution is an illusion.

[gattaca]

And there is no freedom with the Democrats departing from the law.

[redinIllinois]

Thanks for posting this link!!!

[Albion Wilde]

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