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Socialism, Democracy, and the role of faith
Thoughts on the recent economic melt-down:
If a people is not guided by an inner compass of morals magnetized to truths set forth in sacred literature like the Bible, then true liberty will be abused by the strong to obtain as much as they can, the rest of the world be damned. If we cannot depend on the generosity of the resourced to empower and lift up the under-resourced, then “fairness or equality” will be redistributed by a socialist regime – which has never been successful in creating a vibrant, growing society or economy.
A great quote from the year 1835:
“Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty can not. Religion is much more necessary in the republic which they set forth in glowing colours than in the monarchy which they attack, and it is more needed in democratic republics than in any others. How is it possible that society should escape destruction if the moral tie be not strengthened in proportion as the political tie is relaxed and what can be done with a people which is its own master if it be not submissive to the Divinity.” From Democracy in America, By Alexis de Tocqueville
“America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.”, also by de Tocqueville.
“Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, ‘equality’. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.” – Alexis de Tocqueville
I think we’ve almost arrived at the day
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money”, by Alexis de Tocqueville
