"The Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People is sacredly obligatory upon all." George Washington, 1796 Fellow Patriot, Today marks the anniversary of the ratification of our Constitution's Bill of Rights, the common name for its first 10 amendments. The purpose of these amendments was and remains the enumeration of limitations on the federal government in order to protect key natural rights (those endowed by our Creator) to liberty and property. As we approach the end of 2011, the prospect for restoring the Liberty enshrined in our Constitution continues to improve. The reason for this progress is that the number of Americans joining the debate about the proper role of government authorized by our Constitution is growing. But we have many more battles to win. Of the original Patriots' fight for Liberty, George W

Read this on the Web at http://patriotpost.us/alexander/2011/12/15/liberty-v-the-fatal-cycle-of-democracy/ Subscribe to Alexander's Essays in The Patriot Post : click here . Alexander's Essay – December 15, 2011 Liberty v the Fatal Cycle of Democracy The Path from Freedom to Bondage "Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them if we basely entail hereditary bondage on them." --Thomas Jefferson December 15th marks the annive

"The great desideratum in Government is, so to modify the sovereignty as that it may be sufficiently neutral between different parts of the Society to controul one part from invading the rights of another, and at the same time sufficiently controuled itself, from setting up an interest adverse to that of the entire Society." --James Madison, letter to Thomas Jefferson, 1787 Follow The Patriot Post :                You have received this email because you are subscribed to Founder's Quote Daily, a service of The Patriot Post . To subscribe to Founder's Quote Daily and The Patriot Post , link to http://patriotpost.us/subscribe/ . To manage your subscription or to unsubscribe, link to http://patriotpost.us/manage/ and log in with your email address.