[Irish_Thatcherite]

True!!

[HKMk23]

Now, all we need is a foundation of truth the kniowledge of which would compel everyone to undertake sound self-governance for themselves.

There's this:
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV

But, barring global revival, how many really give credence to the old Prophets,anymore; even if they ARE capital "P" prophets? I do. But I, by myself, cannot, by my sound self-governance -- even if it were perfect -- cover for the abdications of anyone else, much less for so many.

There is the implication, here, that the best cure for bloated government is powerful spiritual revival, wherein men finally arise to apprehend their duty to be soundly self-governed, then turn and reclaim territory lost to the civil government through their former abdications.

But, how would it come to be? where are the John G. Lakes of this age? Where are the Wesleys? The Stephen Jeffreys? Can you number them on more than one hand?

Still, I cannot identify a more expedient way, if it is to be.