Take the time to change your perspective on the relationship between God, we the people, and our government. Or to reinforce your view if you already believe in natural law. Attached is a printable PDF of Fredric Bastiats 1850 booklet, The Law. It is not very long, but of course the subject matter is not something you would skim through. Here is an excerpt: “Life Is a Gift from God. We hold from God the gift which includes all others. This gift is life -- physical, intellectual, and moral life. But life cannot maintain itself alone. The Creator of life has entrusted us with the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it. In order that we may accomplish this, He has provided us with a collection of marvelous faculties. And He has put us in the midst of a variety of natural resources. By the application of our faculties to these natural resources we convert them into products, and use them. This process is necessary in order that life may run its appointed course. Life, faculties, production--in other words, individuality, liberty, property -- this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it. Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.”
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:51:01 +0000
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