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Comment on: The Trenchant Observer

The Devaluation of Sovereignty

3 Comments
Wednesday, October, 10, 2007 9:26 PM Boris Tiraspolsky writes:

Thank you for a good thought.

"The difference between a republic and a democracy is that in a republic your rights to life, liberty, and property granted to you by God Almighty cannot be abrogated by simple majority vote. In a republic you have rights of which you cannot be deprived by a majority. In a democracy, a 51-49 vote may strip you of your rights. So let's remember the importance of the fact that we were given a republic, as Franklin said, "if you can keep it," as he told the lady outside Constitution Hall in Philadelphia as he was departing from the deliberations....

Our rights come from our Creator. We are created beings. As God's creatures we owe a duty and accountability to our Sovereign. Sovereignty reposes not in the state but in Almighty God-God is sovereign. To the degree that we delegate control over policy or resources to civil government, we have a moral obligation of the highest order to hold civil government accountable to us, so that we can at all times, be accountable to Him."

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Wednesday, October, 10, 2007 9:27 PM Boris Tiraspolsky writes:

Thank you for a good thought.

"The difference between a republic and a democracy is that in a republic your rights to life, liberty, and property granted to you by God Almighty cannot be abrogated by simple majority vote. In a republic you have rights of which you cannot be deprived by a majority. In a democracy, a 51-49 vote may strip you of your rights. So let's remember the importance of the fact that we were given a republic, as Franklin said, "if you can keep it," as he told the lady outside Constitution Hall in Philadelphia as he was departing from the deliberations....

Our rights come from our Creator. We are created beings. As God's creatures we owe a duty and accountability to our Sovereign. Sovereignty reposes not in the state but in Almighty God-God is sovereign. To the degree that we delegate control over policy or resources to civil government, we have a moral obligation of the highest order to hold civil government accountable to us, so that we can at all times, be accountable to Him."

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Wednesday, October, 10, 2007 9:29 PM Boris Tiraspolsky writes:

Thank you for a good thought.

Our rights come from our Creator. We are created beings. As God's creatures we owe a duty and accountability to our Sovereign. Sovereignty reposes not in the state but in Almighty God-God is sovereign. To the degree that we delegate control over policy or resources to civil government, we have a moral obligation of the highest order to hold civil government accountable to us, so that we can at all times, be accountable to Him.

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