[Joe 6-pack]

I'm familiar with Tyler's writings (esp. those two quotes) and they certainly seem to be cogent. My only hope is that, upon its inception, the U.S. and its governing principles were entirely unprecedented, rendering conclusions drawn from past observations possibly obsolete, or at least in need of significant revision.

I find the insights of GK Chesterton's "What I Saw In America," to be right on target:

"The Declaration of Independence dogmatically bases all rights on the fact that God created all men equal; and it is right; for if they were not created equal, they were certainly evolved unequal. There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man."

Abandon one, surrender the other.

[P_A_I]

GK Chesterton wrote:

" -- There is no basis for democracy except in a dogma about the divine origin of man."


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There is however a firm basis for the Republic in the rationality that we are all endowed with inalienable rights to life, liberty & property, regardless of how they originated.