The founding fathers wrote these words, and we do well to bring them to remembrance.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,"
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
As I hear the news each day, week, month in this 21st century, it is with alarm at the loss of the liberties and rights for which people hungered and struggled to secure. When I came to this area of North Carolina, I visited the Kings Mountain National Military Park. Here I learned of how the original "Over Mountain Men" came to defend themselves and their homes from the oppressive government of that day. They were roused by threats to their liberty and homes. Is there anything that arouses us today to be wary of threats to our liberties?
