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Thank you for your response to my post. There have been those, like Rev. Arnett, who have warned us of the "enemy within" who wished to remove from what Jefferson described as "the American mind" the most basic idea of all:

"The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them." - Thomas Jefferson

That was the "Unique Idea" underlying our Constitution's protections. History documents that "government-over-people" arrangements always have resulted in tyranny and oppression. America's "Creator-people-government" arrangement, under a written "People's" Constitution dividing, separating, limiting, checking and balancing the coercive power delegated to representatives in government allowed for more opportunity than that afforded by any other form.

It is time to rediscover those ideas which brought oppressed peoples to these shores for over 200 years, and to teach youth about the meaning of the Preamble's goal of preserving "the Blessings of Liberty."

If children are taught that their obligations and responsibilities and accountability are to a Higher Power than parents, teachers, or government officials, and that each of their lives have purpose, what potential might be unlocked in their lives?