The Founding of Our Nation
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By Luis F. Rodríguez.
The Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution
The founding of this nation was not with the goal of being one nation amongst nations.
The founding of this nation was intended to be a nation unique from all other nations. The idea of a nation founded upon a principle of individual rights unassailable by the government was then and is now a unique and purely American Principle.
It is now evident that this ideal has been slowly eroded over time and is now on a slippery slope that may lead to the total dismantling of the US Constitution as it was originally conceived. We, as a nation, are at a crossroads in history. We can either allow our freedoms as individuals to be taken away through legislation that has and will continue to progressively intrude on our rights, or we can hold the line and endeavor to reverse the damage done to our country, culture, and society.
How can we accomplish this? We must contemplate our past, as well as our future. We must educate ourselves about America and what our founding fathers envisioned for their nation…our nation. We must relearn and appreciate that we are Americans. And Americans are a free people, Americans are good, Americans are brave, Americans are kind, Americans are just, and Americans are exceptional. This is the greatest country on the planet! Bar none! Americans should be proud of that.
Over the last two centuries no country has been more consistent in its fight for good over evil, liberty over tyranny and justice over brutality. Our children should be taught about our history, about the ideals and the truly revolutionary concepts that were codified in the Constitution. The idea that every individual has “unalienable rights” and conversely that the government has limitation on its authority over the people.
The idea that speech cannot be suppressed and is not something that the government allows or forbids; Americans believe or should believe that it is, literally, a God-given right.
The idea that you can bear arms to protect yourself and your family from both criminality and from a tyrannical government is a God-given right.
The idea that an individual can worship God as he wishes, without fear of repercussion from the government. That religion is a choice of the individual and not the government.
All these ideals were and continue to be revolutionary. They make America a unique and exceptional place. America is the land of dreams, of unlimited potential realized, of hard work rewarded, and of individual aspirations fulfilled. The land of opportunity, where anyone can achieve anything and the individual is only limited by his own imagination.
That is the “pursuit of happiness.” The pursuit has made America the most innovative and productive country in the world. America is a place where an individual has the capacity to endeavor for success as defined by him.
WE, all Americans must get back to basics. Study our history, study our founding documents and realize that our nation is unique by design. Our founding fathers envisioned a nation unique in the world. A nation where the individual is empowered by God; by virtue of the rights He has bestowed upon all men. And that the government is, or at least should be, the agent of the people, not the other way around.
Luis F. Rodríguez is a writer.
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