Hanson's right, of course. Too many Americans see our country's affluence as a birthright, an entitlement. They have forgotten that our liberty was purchased by the blood of patriots and that it continues only because we have patriots who are willing to sacrifice themselves for our country. They harp on the failings of our country while helping themselves to generous bounty that our political and economic freedom have created. They reject traditional, Judeo-Christian morality even though they benefit from the moral capital that morality created. But that moral capital is running out and when it does, this nation will collapse. Unless we do something to restore the moral underpinnings that made America great, the America that we know could soon cease to exist. The barbarians are at the gates. Is anyone paying attention?
"We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other."
- John Adams, Oct. 11, 1798 Address