The Unalienable Rights of the People Are Most Likely to Be Preserved If the Principles of Government Are Set Forth in a Written Constitution Habakkuk 2:2 “Then the Lord replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it.’” The principles of the common law… Read more »
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28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 19 – Principle #19
Efficiency and Dispatch Require Government To Operate According to the Will of the Majority, but Constitutional Provisions Must Be Made to Protect the Rights of the Minority. Proverbs 12:26 “The righteous man is a guide to his friend, but the path of the wicked leads them astray.” (TEV version) During the Revolutionary War… Read more »
28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 18 – Principle #18
Only Limited and Carefully Defined Powers Should Be Delegated to Government, All Others Be Retained in the People This goes along with the 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. … Read more »
28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 17 – Principle #17
A System of Checks and Balances should be Adopted to Prevent the Abuse of Power In the early days of our Constitution many people wanted the separation of powers to be absolute, but in his Federalist Papers (numbers 47 to 51) James Madison explained the separation of powers between the executive, legislative and the… Read more »
28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 16 – Principle #16
The Government Should Be Separated into Three Branches Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Isaiah 33:22 “For the Lord is our judge (judicial), the Lord is our lawgiver (legislative), the Lord is our king (executive); it is He who will save us.” It is interesting that in ancient times political writers often debated on what… Read more »
28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 15 – Principle #15
The Highest Level of Prosperity Occurs When There Is a Free Market Economy And a Minimum of Government Regulations This is a question the Founding Fathers had: “Are there natural laws for the marketplace?” They saw that there was a possibility of a political and social structure based on natural law, but what about… Read more »
28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 14 – Principle #14
Life and Liberty Are Secure Only so Long As the Right to Property Is Secure Leviticus 25:13 “In this year of Jubilee everyone is to return to their own property. Psalm 115:16 “The highest heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to mankind.” The one unalienable right that… Read more »
29 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 12 – Principle #12
“United States Of America Shall Be a Republic.” Exodus 18:21 “Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:” When… Read more »
28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 11 – Principle #11
The Majority of the People May Alter or Abolish a Government Which Has Become Tyrannical Psalms 133:1 “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!” Philippians 2:2-4 “Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one… Read more »
28 Principles That Helped Build America – Chapter 10 – Principle #10
The God-given Right to Govern Vested in the Sovereign Authority of the Whole People. During the 1600’s the royal families of England were bringing out the principle known as the “DIVINE RIGHTS OF KINGS.” In other words, it was declared right for them to reign and what they said or did was God-given. … Read more »