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True Source of Political Authority

True Source of Political Authority

True Source of Political Authority “To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” This statement encapsulates the heart of the “American Experiment,” which was whether a people could govern...
True Institution of Governments

True Institution of Governments

True Institution of Governments It is very significant that our founders stated in the Declaration of Independence that “governments are instituted among men” for the purpose of securing unalienable rights. The first point is that the term “government” is in the...
True Security of Unalienable Rights

True Security of Unalienable Rights

The Security of Unalienable Rights The Declaration of Independence makes a profound statement about the role of civil government. Our founders came to view a civil government quite differently than the then philosophy of government in England where the king ruled...
True Right to Pursue Happiness

True Right to Pursue Happiness

True Right to Pursue Happiness The third unalienable right mentioned in the Declaration of Independence is the “pursuit of happiness.” If “liberty” was meant to be restricted to the absence of physical restraint without due cause, the “pursuit of happiness” includes...
True Right to Liberty

True Right to Liberty

Right to Liberty Today, “liberty” is used to describe different things to different people. Some say that liberty is personal autonomy without limitations. Others view liberty as the absence of physical restraint. In the name of “liberty” lawlessness is even being...