In the early part of the 19th century Alex de Tocqueville once noted, “America is great because America is good; if America ever ceases to be good, she will no longer be great.” What did de Tocqueville mean by good? At his time in America, good was what was expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the rule of law provided by the United States Constitution for government’s behavior, and most important, the guidelines God provided for all people in the Ten Commandments and the Holy Bible.
The values de Tocqueville used were the same values the Founding Fathers based their actions on. But, the Founding Fathers recognized the potential downfall of their wonderful creation if Americans fell victim to the foibles of human nature that have existed throughout human history. They foresaw what the United States of America would become and expressed it in various ways.
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." ~ John Adams"Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instrument will bind us together in mutual interests, mutual welfare, and mutual happiness. But when we become old and corrupt, it will bind no longer." ~ Alexander Hamilton"We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments." ~ James Madison"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt." ~ Samuel Adams"Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness." ~ Samuel Adams
"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ~ Benjamin Franklin"Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant." ~ James Madison"If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within."~ James Madison"I thank God that I have lived to see my country independent and free. She may long enjoy her independence and freedom if she will. It depends on her virtue." ~ Samuel Adams"If we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom." ~ Samuel Adams
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"It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail." ~ Samuel Adams"A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." ~ Alexander Hamilton"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike." ~ Alexander Hamilton"One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are." ~ Alexander Hamilton"Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants." ~ Benjamin Franklin"Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2. Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe, although not the most wise depositary of the public interests. In every country these two parties exist, and in every one where they are free to think, speak, and write, they will declare themselves." ~ Thomas Jefferson
"You know well that government always kept a kind of standing army of news writers who, without any regard to truth or to what should be like truth, invented and put into the papers whatever might serve the [government] ministers. This suffices with the mass of the people who have no means of distinguishing the false from the true paragraphs of a newspaper." ~ Thomas Jefferson"It is impossible to govern the world without God. It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly implore his protection and favor." ~ George Washington
What are your personal observations about America in 2022? By de Tocqueville’s and the Founder’s standards, is America good? By your standards, is the current American government good? Now, back to my original question: Is America still great?
In my opinion, America needs some work to become great again. The elitist, Marxist Democrats must be removed from elected office everywhere they exist. That will start with local elections and culminate with the November 8, 2022, mid-term election nationally. However, that is only a start on America’s road back to greatness. The war on the insidious rule of elite American Marxism will take a tremendous and concentrated effort for years to come. It will not end in 2022, 2024, or even 2026.
The Marxist Democrat Party cheated enough to get Joe Biden and Kamala Harris elected. This is the best thing that could possibly have happened for the future of America because Biden and Harris have exposed for all of America, and the world, the darkest side of the Marxist Democrat ideology. They have also exposed a degree of lawlessness never before seen and can no longer be ignored. And man-oh-man, Americans of all political stripes don’t like what they see!
Let’s get to work and make America good again. Get people back to church and teach American youth Judeo-Christian values. Then, when God once again blesses America, we can make America great again.
After a 55 year career as a professional pilot in the military, in law enforcement, in the private sector, and in federal civil service, I am now retired.
In many of these positions I repeatedly took an oath to defend the United States Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic.
