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Date Posted: 10:04:11 02/25/02 Mon
Author: Normal
Author Host/IP: modem20-234.mo-net.com / 12.110.236.247
Subject: Liberty

What do the words, "Liberty and Justice for all"mean? Is it just a feel good, patriotic thing to say, or is it more? Our hands on our hearts, taking a sacred oath, not to love your country right or wrong, but to love Liberty and Justice for ALL, above all. Above society's concerns for it's bottom line. Yep, there are individuals who engage in risky, reckless behavior, which, in SOME cases end up costing the taxpayer money. Society can't address these individuals as a group from it's own self interest, because society's best interest is in protecting the rights of the individual. Else what happens when society turns it's attnetion to overeating, overfeeding ones children, watching too much TV, or spending too much time on the internet.
It is not Government's function to protect us from ourselves. Liberty is not a gift from the government, it is a Natural Law that the government was created to protect. The Constitution endows the individual with the lions share of power, because it's only on an individual basis that Liberty has any meaning.

Power to the Person

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