“Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.” - Edmund Burke

Most men have never understood the point Burke made, which is why most men, down through history, have lived under government oppression. Americans, however, have absolutely no excuse for living under a tyranny like the Democratic Party is trying to establish. Our Founding Fathers constantly repeated the point so eloquently made by Burke: "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Benjamin Franklin

“The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases.” - Thomas Jefferson

Men have a choice—liberty or tyranny. And that is the very battle America is fighting now. And, “there is no liberty without morality” (Burke). The tyranny America is battling within its borders today is coming from the Democratic Party, not those who are trying to follow our Founders and the Judeo-Christian heritage they built the country upon. “To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people is a chimerical idea,” said James Madison. No virtue, no liberty.

Burke, and our Founders, made this as plain as can be. Personal self-control is freedom. Government control is tyranny. This is why the Left hates America’s Judeo-Christian heritage. Both religions teach self-control, which means freedom. The Left doesn't want that because the Left wants government totalitarianism. They want........

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