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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Perspectives on the law.

A collection from a friend on Facebook.....

"All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything." Acts 6:12

"Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness."
--James Wilson, Lectures on Law, 1790
Representative for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress

Liberty is freedom with morality. So liberty is much more valuable,..it is a trust, a precious possession, a stewardship,... a right that we are responsible for and will give an answer for. It is so much more valuable than mere freedom. Liberty, second only to life, is a right endowed by our Creator with the capacity for self-government, and it is worth fighting for and even dying for. It is a a part of each of us,... just like our mind, our emotions, our will and our spirit, because it is from God.
Alexander Hamilton said that real liberty is never found in the extremes of Democracy,....we are a Republic, and our Constitution guarantees us a Republican form of Government.

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!"
~ Benjamin Franklin ~

1 comment:

  1. Note: The Scripture reference is 1Corinthians 6:12 and again in 1Corinthians 10:23

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