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A free people cannot remain free if they are not both moral and virtuous. It might not seem important but lessons from the past have taught that only virtuous and moral people are capable of freedom, because the main rule power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely can only be staid by the people. Here in America, we elect our leaders and have a representative republic, the first new type of governance on the face of the earth that threw of the monarchy rulers. As nations become stronger they become more corrupt. Greed and power never has enough on their own and always wants more, in turn creating more masters and more oppression. The Representative Republic was thus created on 28 principles that the founding fathers included in the framing of the new country – America. They realized that a wholly democratic country, though ideal, would not work because everything would be needed to be voted upon before acted on. The other problem would be to have unanimous vote, and not majority rule. So we elect people to represent us in the government, but they warned of the necessity to elect moral and virtuous people, so that the government doesn’t over throw the will of the people.
To give up some of ourselves for the greatest of the community is institutional, but voluntary not mandated. Many had self doubts of this new country and government, but it came to pass that a reform of the people to delve into the day to day workings of the government is what help make this country great, because they were informed. They knew that without virtue and morality that no type government or piece of paper can keep us secure. It is the exercising of our virtue and morality that we choose virtuous and moral people to run government, so that we do not depend on their virtue and morality, but those of the people. These were people that were very religious, and since religion has been attacked, a country as a whole has been lead down a slope she may not be able to climb out of. Samuel Adams said that our freedom and independence shall last only as long as out virtue. John Adams warned that our constitution was written only for a moral and religious people, that it would not work for any other type of government.
If we take these away, morality and virtue, then there is no check, no balance, no voice crying out for justice, because justice is based on both. Without justice comes oppression and from oppression comes loss of freedom and independence and we are back where this country started, with either a monarchy or dictatorship, because we have not learned the lessons of the past.
