"Our Founding Fathers constructed our Constitution in such a way that emphasized trust in one another and distrust in the government -- a rather radical concept today. The desired outcome of such a construct would be that the citizens would protect themselves and one another by not allowing government to gain more power than it was due. The citizens would keep watch over their government and elected leaders to ensure that government remained limited and that would ensure the protection of their rights and liberties. Slowly but surely over the past few decades, we have seen the mindset of the American people change. The traditional American view of hard work and self-sufficiency has been replaced by the so-called 'welfare mentality' where it becomes the job and responsibility of government to correct the problems of citizens rather than citizens taking that responsibility themselves. That mentality, in effect, gave the government license to expand its power and authority to do what it wished. The people 'needed' it to solve their problems."
~ Lisa S. Dean
John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
2 comments:
Absolutely correct, I wish we had more people who understood history like this.
Yes.
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