It’s Constitution Day!
The United States Constitution is the greatest single document struck off by the hand and mind of man. I will proceed with some words about the Constitution by a former US Secretary of Agriculture who understood the proper role of government and the Constitution as the Founders intended it.
To understand the significance of the Constitution, we must first understand some basic, eternal principles. These principles have their beginning in the premortal councils of heaven.
The Principle of Agency
The first basic principle is agency…
…Look back in retrospect on almost six thousand years of human history! Freedom’s moments have been infrequent and exceptional. We must appreciate that we live in one of history’s most exceptional moments–in a nation and a time of unprecedented freedom. Freedom as we know it has been experienced by perhaps less than one percent of the human family.
The Proper Role of Government
The second basic principle concerns the function and proper role of government. These are the principles that, in my opinion, proclaim the proper role of government in the domestic affairs of the nation.
…governments were instituted of God for the benefit of man; and that he holds men accountable for their acts in relation to them…
[The Constitution: A Heavenly Banner by Ezra Taft Benson, former US Secretary of Agriculture.]
Today the Constitution is often ignored by most politicians and most people. Almost all of us have heard of the Constitution, some have read it, and even fewer understand it in relation to the original intent of the Founding Fathers.
The Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution are two important documents that are repsponsible for the extent of freedom that we have enjoyed in the 200+ years since their creation.
But what meaning do these documents have if very few understand them? It’s not just the writing of these documents that made the United Stated free and independent, it’s the fact that enough people believed in liberty and did something about it.
Happy Constitution Day!
If you haven’t read the Constitution lately I highly recommend it. Get a free pocket constitution from the Heritage Foundation.
September 29th, 2008 at 3:29 am
I really like the ideals of this website. Thank you for providing wonderful information and allowing my brain to expand and grasp “true liberty.”
Ezra T. Benson’s, “The Proper Role of Government”, should be mandatory reading - with a pop quiz - for every single government official.