Upholding The Rights of Man

I know I probably get overly passionate about things sometimes, especially when it comes to the condition our still great but slightly declining nation. There has never been another nation to rival it. It was founded on principles of equity and tolerance by men of principle and conviction. The old world was a place of oppression, inequality, and hopelessness. Men and women were often ruled by children, being forced to wait for their kings and queens to grow up before they could even lead. Once grown there was no guarantee that these Monarchs would possess any form of wisdom or equity. New ideas were not welcomed and thinking outside of the box could mean your head. High taxes and manual labor were the norms of those days. Kings started wars of conquest to enlarge the reach of their tyrannical arm and to enlarge their pool of taxable subjects. They lived by parasitically oppressing their own people.

Our Constitution was a result of those dark times. A longing for wisdom, equality and justice expanded until it could no longer be shackled by the chains of the tyranny of the old world. With the promise of a new world came the hopes of a new way of life. A world where the rule of law would replace the rule of tyranny, where wisdom and humanity would replace foolishness and the inhumane. The oppression and darkness of millenias past finally gave way to a future of freedom and enlightenment. The Constitution was the social contract to insure this way of life in the new world. It guarantees the individuals rights to liberty and all of the inherent God given rights of man.

My adoration of our inspired Constitution is the reason I may get a little passionate when it comes to questions of liberty and freedom from oppression. How could it be wisdom to undo in a few decades what took many millenias to form. Our Constitution must be vigilantly defended and upheld regardless of times of crisis or peace. It is the only guarantee we have to live as a free people in this nation.