Winston Churchill
The Democratic Socialists strike me as being full of themselves, arrogant and naïve. The fact that they consider themselves wiser than America’s founding generation, which created, perhaps, the freest and most prosperous society in the history of mankind, speaks volumes of their inflated egos.
They would abolish the Senate, the presidency, and the Supreme Court and give us a completely new Constitution and government. Why? Because they need power to implement their socialist-communist agenda; but to their consternation, the Founding Fathers implemented restraints on power in the founding documents.
America’s Founders created checks and balances on power because they did not trust unlimited power in the hands of one or a few. They would agree with Sir John Acton who said, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
They put restraints on power because they believed in the Biblical concept of original sin—that the human condition is flawed and cannot be trusted with power. Politicians often complain about how difficult it is to get anything done in Washington, D.C. That is how the Founders planned it and it has served the nation well for 250 years.
Not only do the founding documents have restraints on power, they have provided the legal and inspirational means for the nation to overcome slavery, Jim Crow, the Soviet Empire and other ills.
If anyone could have had an argument against America’s founding it would have been the former slave and abolitionist, Frederick Douglass. Douglass, however, came to see the genius of America’s founding documents and in an 1852 July 4th speech, he called the U.S. Constitution “a glorious liberty document” and lauded the Declaration of Independence, telling his audience,
The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost.
Douglass had come to see the actions of the Founding Fathers in light of the worldwide existence of slavery throughout all of recorded history. He came to realize that they did not invent slavery but had taken giant steps to see it eliminated, including the manner in which they formulated the founding documents. In the same speech, he declared,
Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great men too—great enough to give fame to a great age. It does not often happen to a nation to raise, at one time, such a number of truly great men.
Unlike Douglass, the modern Democratic Socialists have no respect for America’s founding generation. They identify more with Mao and Marx than with Washington and Madison.
For the Democratic Socialists it is all about power. They want to destroy the present Constitution because it stands as a roadblock to their quest for power and control. They want a new Constitution and form of government that will give them the power to implement their socialist-communist agenda--an agenda that has miserably failed wherever and whenever it has been tried.
What shall we do? First of all, realize that there is a mighty work of the Holy Spirit that is taking place at this same time. So, be bold. Pray. Speak the truth in love. Stand up for Jesus. Be proactive and focus on shining the light rather than cursing the darkness. Remember the promise of Isaiah 61:1-3;
Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
See, darkness covers the earth
and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
This article was derived from 1726: The Year that Defined America and America's Reawakening by Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt and available from Amazon and his website at https://eddiehyatt.com.
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