Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our childrens children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. Governments first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. I hope we once again have reminded people that man is not free unless government is limited. Theres a clear cause and effect here that is as neat and predictable as a law of physics: As government expands, liberty contracts. The lesson of all this was, of course, that because were a great nation, our challenges seem complex. It will always be this way. But as long as we remember our first principles and believe in ourselves, the future will always be ours. And something else we learned: Once you begin a great movement, theres no telling where it will end. We meant to change a nation, and instead, we changed a world. We the people tell the government what to do, it doesnt tell us. We the people are the driver, the government is the car. And we decide where it should go, and by what route, and how fast. Almost all the worlds constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which We the people tell the government what it is allowed to do. We the people are free. Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty’s lamp guiding your steps and opportunity’s arm steadying your way. -Ronald Reagan
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 23:41:28 +0000
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