“On September 11, 2001, when the hijackers crashed the jets into the World Trade Center Towers, Pentagon and into the field in Summerset Pennsylvania, these terrorists did not attack our country. They did not try to capture a landmass or overthrow our government. They attacked what we believe in! Thus – living in America does not make you an American. Being an American means you have read both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, so you fully understand your personal responsibility to abide by their precepts. Being an American means you have earned the right to take advantage of these ‘guaranteed rights’ by getting an education and acquiring training and employability skills, so you qualify to be a hard-working, tax paying, positive contributing citizen who commits to living by the ideals, high moral values and rule of law set forth in these sacred documents – which allow our experiment in self-government to work and thrive!

As we read from the journals of the authors of our beloved Constitution it is clear that whenever they came to an impasse in what to write next or what Governing-Principle they needed to embrace next, our Founding Fathers paused and prayed for divine guidance. With incredible foresight these great men guaranteed the right of every citizen to vote – but realized a Democracy is so much more than a free and open election, which required the establishment of a check and balance structure to guarantee that a ‘mob mentality/majority rule’ never blindsided the nation with just a popular vote. Hence, the Electoral College.

Clearly, the authors of the Constitution knew that no matter what, the tail can never wag the dog – when the inmates run the prison based only on popular vote/majority rule – chaos, confusion and destruction are eminent! Consequently, our Founding Fathers established three Branches of government: legislative, executive and judicial, with each Branch having its own separation of powers and responsibilities, which ensures the government is effective and citizens’ rights are protected for the greater good of the nation.

Unless we Americans study our Constitution and Declaration of Independence, and covenant to live by the governing principles found therein, and stand by our military as citizens to defend these truths and resist anyone who tries to take away our God given freedoms – we could easily suffer the brutal consequences found in the prophetic words of President Abraham Lincoln:

‘From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men, we will live forever or die by suicide.’”