Category Archives: where are we going

Efficiency & dispatch require the government operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions…made to protect the minority. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming … Continue reading →

The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written Constitution. 5000yearleap

Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained by the people. The Tenth Amendment is the most widely violated provision of the bill of rights.  If it had been respected and enforced America … Continue reading →

A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power by the different branches of government. 5000yearleap

The government should be separated into 3 branches. “I call you to witness that I was the first member of the Congress who ventured to come out in public, as I did in January 1776, in my Thoughts on Government…in … Continue reading →

The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free-market economy and a minimum of government. Prosperity depends upon a climate of wholesome stimulation with 4 basic freedoms in operation: The Freedom to try. The Freedom to buy. The … Continue reading →

A Constitution should protect the people from the frailties of their rulers. “If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary…(But lacking these) you must first enable the government to control the governed; … Continue reading →

Life and liberty are secure only so long as the rights of property are secure. John Locke reasoned that God gave the earth and everything in it to the whole human family as a gift. Therefore, the land, the sea, … Continue reading →

The United States of America shall be a republic. “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, And to the republic for which it stands…” 5000yearleap

Who Can Alter the Government? :  The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical.  “Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes…but when a … Continue reading →