We Are Revolutionaries

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From last week, but I only recently read this brief, radical, revolutionary statement of our country's founding principles. O8)

We Are Revolutionaries

by Charley Reese

It would be a hopeful sign if the Senate could get away from its obsession with abortion on demand and consider, during its Supreme Court confirmation hearings, what the Constitution is and what it isn't.

Some people seem to be under the erroneous belief that the Constitution grants us our rights. It does no such thing. To understand the Constitution, you have to remember the Declaration of Independence, which preceded it by several years. It is the Declaration that contains the philosophy of the American Revolution. The Constitution merely implements that philosophy.

The philosophy of the American Revolution contains three basic premises. One is that rights come from God and are unalienable. Two is that men create governments to protect those rights. Three is that when government fails to protect those rights and becomes abusive of those rights, men have a right and even a duty to overthrow that government and create a new one.

Some Americans have so neglected their study of American history that the idea of violently overthrowing a government strikes them as, well, communist or some such. Of course, if the Founding Fathers had not violently overthrown the colonial government of Great Britain in North America, we would not be an independent nation.
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese223.html

Charley Reese has been a journalist for 49 years.

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1. Kick... 'cause somebody gave it a vote

Sometimes we forget what a radical project launched the United States.

[texpatriot2004]

2. Thank you Charley Reese, America is a revolutionary place

"It is the Declaration that contains the philosophy of the American Revolution. The Constitution merely implements that philosophy."
Charley Reese

Thank you for this informed and well written piece. America was created by patriots. My gratitude to these patriots is immense.

[Demeter]

3. We're Going to Have to Have that Lesson Again

Remedial Revolution: for those who missed the point the first time around....

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4. Amen......

and amen....!!!!! Aptly put!:applause: