Postby haloguy » Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:16 am
yes, but also, the government is there to help us and to allow us to have the fullest and happiest lives possible.
As our most important document says
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
our founding fathers knew that we the people had the right to live, and pursue what we wanted, and if the government was misusing it's powers, or not listening to the people, that it is we the people's job to change things. Not old windbags on capitol hill, arguing our futures, but us! the people that they are fighting for! that is why it is our job to change things, and help us get what WE want. and that is why "we must mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor" to get done what needs getting done.