Thoughts on Freedom
Since the founding of the United States and the signing of the Declaration of Independence, our nation’s liberty has been under assault. From the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798, to Lincoln’s suspension of habeus corpus, to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare), our liberty has been threatened, not from a foreign power, but from within. From the John Adams administration through the Barack Obama administration, our liberty has been under assault by the very people who have sworn an oath to protect our freedom.Freedom and liberty are not bestowed upon us by a benevolent government; our freedom comes from our humanity. In a natural state, man and woman are completely free. The United States Constitution was written with that philosophy. Notice that the First Amendment to the Constitution does not give you the right to freedom of speech; the First Amendment states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” In other words, the government can’t take away your preexisting freedom of speech. There are times when things may seem hopeless, and a person may feel it is no use to fight against the injustices of big...
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