They even debated whether the executive branch would not be better represented, as in Rome, by two consuls rather than the president that they eventually settled for. The Founding Fathers of the United States sought quite literally to create a New Rome, with, for instance, a clear separation of powers between the legislative and executive branches of government-with the legislative branch called, as in Rome, the Senate. Just as the Rape of Lucretia led to the overthrow of the last Etruscan king, so the Boston Tea Party led to the overthrow of the British crown. Like Rome, the United States is founded on a republican myth of liberation from a tyrannical oppressor. “Both the European Union and the United States are in some sense the heirs of Rome. The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race.” The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest.Ģ8. The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family therefore, the government should foster and protect its integrity.Ģ7. "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations entangling alliances with none."Ģ6.
AMERICA FREEDOM QUOTES FREE
A free people will not survive unless they stay strong.Ģ5.
A free society cannot survive a republic without a broad program of general education.Ģ4. A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of men.Ģ3. Strong human government is the keystone to preserving human freedom.Ģ2. Efficiency and dispatch require government to operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority.Ģ1. Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to the government, all others being retained by the people.Ģ0. The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written constitution.ġ9. A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power.ġ8. The government should be separated into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.ġ7. The highest level of securitiy occurs when there is a free market economy and a minimum of government regulations.ġ6. Life and Liberty are secure only so long as the Igor of property is secure.ġ5. A constitution should be structured to permanently protect the people from the human frailties of their rulers.ġ4. The United States of America shall be a republic.ġ3. The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical.ġ2. The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people.ġ1. To protect man's rights, God has revealed certain principles of divine law.ġ0. Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.ĩ. The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.Ĩ. All things were created by God, therefore upon him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible.ħ. Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained.ĥ. The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally strong people is to elect virtuous leaders.Ĥ. A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong.ģ. The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law.Ģ.
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