Provide for the common defense. Everything else has been a power grab by greedy politicians at the Federal level from the states over the last 241 years.
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Originally posted by jerp View PostMy definition is what political philosophers would refer to as "Classic Liberalism". That is the idea that our liberties pre-exist the state, (from God or natural law) and the only legitimate role of the state is to protect those liberties. Period.
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Originally posted by jerp View PostMy definition is what political philosophers would refer to as "Classic Liberalism". That is the idea that our liberties pre-exist the state, (from God or natural law) and the only legitimate role of the state is to protect those liberties. Period.Originally posted by grizzman View PostProvide for the common defense. Everything else has been a power grab by greedy politicians at the Federal level from the states over the last 241 years.
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Originally posted by jerp View PostMy definition is what political philosophers would refer to as "Classic Liberalism". That is the idea that our liberties pre-exist the state, (from God or natural law) and the only legitimate role of the state is to protect those liberties. Period.Originally posted by Hank Hill View PostTo protect our enumerated rights as set forth in the constitution.
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I'd say this just about covers it:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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