On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress formally declared its
independence from Great Britain. Thirteen years later, after a difficult
war to secure that independence, the new country was open for business.
It was truly unique – the first nation in all of history in which the individual was considered more important than the government, and the government was tied down by a written Constitution.
It was the one nation where you could live your life secure in the knowledge that no one would ask for your papers, where you weren’t identified by a number, and where the government wouldn’t extort a percentage of your income as the price of holding a job.
And so each year July 4th has been a commemoration of the freest country in history.
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2013/07/03/uncelebrate-the-fourth/#.UdahK1NQ0nU
It was truly unique – the first nation in all of history in which the individual was considered more important than the government, and the government was tied down by a written Constitution.
It was the one nation where you could live your life secure in the knowledge that no one would ask for your papers, where you weren’t identified by a number, and where the government wouldn’t extort a percentage of your income as the price of holding a job.
And so each year July 4th has been a commemoration of the freest country in history.
http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2013/07/03/uncelebrate-the-fourth/#.UdahK1NQ0nU
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