WHEN LAW MAKERS ARE LAW BREAKERS
The biggest problem in the defense of liberty today is moral decline. A corrupt population will accept corrupt JUDGES, corrupt politicians, corrupt journalists, corrupt military, and corrupt police.
We get the kind of government that we deserve. A prison is a dictatorship because only a tyrant can govern a criminal population.
Ayn Rand wrote:
“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion.
When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing.
“We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force.”
THOMAS JEFFERSON SAID
Our Bill of Rights is replete with phrases such as “Congress shall make no law” and “shall not be infringed”. Government does not give us our rights. Our rights are inalienable, and are endowed by our Creator. The assertion that rights are provided by government is saying that we have no rights except what the government grants to us.
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We must learn the lessons from history.
Everything that government does involves the use of force. Government uses force to compel the compliance with each of it laws, by providing PENALTIES for violation of laws. Laws may REQUIRE a specific action from the citizen or they may PROHIBIT a specific action of a citizen.
At the very least, in ALL cases the actions of government are funded by tax revenues that are taken from citizens through the use, or threat of the use, of FORCE.
This means that a moral government may only do those things, for which the use of FORCE, would be morally justifiable. Therefore; the central question in defining The Proper Role Of Government is: “When is the use of FORCE morally justifiable?”
The answer is the same, when government is considered, as it would be for any individual.
We, as individuals, have a moral right to use force in our own SELF DEFENSE.
We also have a right to use force in defense of someone else, who has authorized us to act in their behalf.
Government is the agency; which we have collectively authorized to act on behalf of the entire population.
Our founding fathers wrote, in the Declaration of Independence, that governments are instituted among men to protect our rights, and that they derive their just powers from the CONSENT of the governed. The governed have no authority to give CONSENT to the government for any action, that they; as INDIVIDUALS have no right. We have no authority to authorize government to use FORCE, when it is not justified by the need for defense.
Each time that government acts, we should be able to ask “What is the moral justification for this use of force?” This question can be broken down into several smaller questions:
Who is the government protecting?
(If the answer is “no one” this function of government is not morally justifiable, and should be abolished)
Has the citizen, who is allegedly being protected, authorized the government to act on his behalf?
(If the answer is “no” this function of government is not morally justifiable, and should be abolished. There is sometimes an “implied consent”, where the citizen is not capable of expressing consent. Ex. a unconscious person, a minor, a mentally infirmed person)
Has the citizen, who is allegedly being protected, attempted to specifically REFUSE to assistance of government?
(If the answer is “yes” this function of government is not morally justifiable, and should be abolished)
Who is the government protecting this citizen FROM?
(Government uses force against PEOPLE. The use of force against one person cannot be justified by the wrongful behavior of a DIFFERENT person. It also cannot be justified because of bad luck, acts of God, or the elements of nature.)
Is the government using force against anyone else, other than the aggressor?
(The moral justification for the use of force only exists, when the force is being used; against ONLY the aggressor.)
Being favor of freedom is not the same thing as being in favor of everything that people do when they are free.
Freedom is not forcing everyone to do whatever you say, OR whatever the government says.
Freedom is not the right to force everyone to follow the teachings of your religion.
If you have a free country there will be people who live their lives differently than you do. Teach them your beliefs, but do not use force; either on your own or with the help of government.
The precedent that you create can be used against you too. There are those you plan to force you to follow Islamic law. What would you say to that?
Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) – American judge
Very often religious people are unable to distinguish between the unlimited power of God and the strictly limited power of government.
That is “choice”.
Governments make laws; which are ENFORCED by the power of police and courts.
We should be careful when we convert religious ideals into laws.
Thomas Jefferson said:
“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
We add this:
“The battle for liberty is never won, and is never lost.
The battle for liberty always continues.
It is never too late, and it is never soon enough, to defend freedom.
No matter how enslaved we are, we always have hope.
No matter how free we are we are never safe.
NOTHING EVER LIMITS THE GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT THE PEOPLE.
Any generation that fails to defend freedom will lose it.
The next generation will have to shed blood to gain it back.
When the defense of liberty becomes a crime, tyranny is already in force. At that point failure to defend liberty makes slavery at certainty.”
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Thomas Jefferson said:
“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”
We add this:
“The battle for liberty is never won, and is never lost.
The battle for liberty always continues.
It is never too late, and it is never soon enough, to defend freedom.
No matter how enslaved we are, we always have hope.
No matter how free we are we are never safe.
NOTHING EVER LIMITS THE GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT THE PEOPLE.
Any generation that fails to defend freedom will lose it.
The next generation will have to shed blood to gain it back.
When the defense of liberty becomes a crime, tyranny is already in force. At that point failure to defend liberty makes slavery at certainty.” John Perna
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