“Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one” – Thomas Paine
Thousands of people crowd the streets of Washington and town hall meetings are packed with barely enough room to stand. Yet the voice of the people is drowned out by the noise of self-congratulatory patting on the back of the Washington elite as another power-grabbing, deficit-increasing bill is signed into law.
What happened to the discourse reveled and honored by the revolutionaries who molded a land of oppressed people into the world’s greatest nation, a people beaten down by a tyrannical political machine which asked for more and more, failing again and again to grant representation? It was a time when the government was not nearly what it claimed to be. What was played off as a democracy was little more than rule of a greedy king relinquishing an inconsequentially minute amount of power in an effort to silence the people. But the discourse of the colonists became the catalyst for the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the 11-year-long authoring of our Constitution, the most perfect legal document ever written.
It’s now over two hundred years later and you and I have again been plunged back into submission by a political elite who neither act on the wishes of the nation nor abide by the Constitution on which it stands. Admittedly, it didn’t happen overnight and it’s not that we didn’t see it coming; but we believed that our politicians would at some point exercise restraint and begin acting like the rest of us. We hoped that their behaviors would mimic those responsible for our overwhelming success – behaviors which not only provide sustenance but the promise of a better future and fulfillment of our meaning. The coiled tail of the serpent squeezes us tighter, forcing more liberties to escape upon each labored breath.
Tragically, the illusion that the opinion of the common man carries weight in Washington is as transparent as the government’s repeated promises to secure our borders. The government’s consistent assertion that only they can solve our problems only highlights the belief that they are indeed far superior to the rest of us; if they considered us to be equally intellectual or just, should not they permit us to solve the problems ourselves?
The irony is this – the government which today actively seeks to demean you and silence your dissent merely serves to stoke the fires of a Constitutional revival. Let us not forget that we were a strongly divided people when we chose to break the chains of Britain’s control. Our Constitution was voted down until George Washington united the colonies. We were a divided people when we entered both World Wars. But we are less divided today than those times; the vast majority of Americans fear permanent expansion of government. Friends, there is still time to make our voices heard.
In the Declaration of Independence, our nation’s founders spoke of “the patient Sufferance” of the colonies under a “long train of abuses and usurpations” as the British government strove to increase its stranglehold over them. They concluded that the only course of action was to alter government. As we again are suffering from the hostilities of our government, we merely seek to promote true unity among countrymen and a rekindled respect for the Constitution, our history, and the spirit of independence among free peoples.
This website will highlight articles based on current events, drawing insight from the writings and actions of our founding fathers. Each writing will be vehemently researched and cited so you can go to the source itself. To set us apart, however, each article will conclude with a call to action, such as writing your Congressional Representative or Senator or just thanking your employees or coworkers. We won’t tell you what to say, we just care that you say something. It is only through activism that we can hope to secure a Constitutional revival.
So continue your pursuit, brothers and sisters. Feed off the dismissals by your government and its hubris and avarice. Thomas Jefferson once said, “when the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” Let us press on together, restoring the liberty we deserve. Ask that they not pass out fish but rather give us the freedom to catch them on our own.
…or are they afraid that we’d become too great?
Today’s call to action: Find your favorite inspirational quote from a founding father like George Washington or Thomas Jefferson and post it on your wall at work.
