“Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power.” — James Madison 

 Our biggest concern in America today is the Democratic Party’s abuse of power, their desire for tyrannical control, and an unlimited government (“Our rights come from government, not God,” Democratic Senator Tim Kaine said a few months ago). If government gives us our rights, then government can take them away at will, and that is as good a definition of totalitarian government as one could wish for. It is exactly what Communist China has today, what Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and every other tyranny the world has ever seen foisted upon their people. It is exactly what tyrants and government—and Democrats—want. 

So, patriotic Americans (following our Founding Fathers) fear unlimited, oppressive government. We rarely, if ever, think in the terms that Mr. Madison spoke of in the quote at the beginning of this column. Too much liberty? Is that possible? Well, yes, it is. If a person has “too much” freedom, he might use that to infringe upon the rights of others. The problem, and it is not a small one, is how we define “freedom,” and what should its limitations be? And what makes this such a problem is that humans have never agreed on that, nor will they ever. Nor will I solve it to the world’s satisfaction in this article. God solved it, but we don’t pay much attention to Him, so…we end up with “tyrannical” freedom or tyrannical governments. 

There is probably absolutely no restriction on freedom that everyone today (or in the past or future) could agree upon. “Well,”........

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