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September 17th Happy Constitution Day: The Counter-Revolution That Changed The World lidblog.com/happy-constitu… via @yidwithlid
@yidwithlid On September 17, 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention met in secret for the last time to sign the document they had created. The Convention was formed to revise the “Articles of Confederation.”
@yidwithlid Instead of revising the Articles, the Constitutional convention overthrew the existing United States government and created a system which when followed by its leaders is unmatched in its fairness and protection of liberty.
@yidwithlid This new Constitution was not a document that established a federal government, it was one that limited the federal government. It did not grant rights, the Declaration of Independence had already determined that our rights came from God.
@yidwithlid The purpose of this document was to ensure that the federal government would never be in a position to take away those God-given rights.
@yidwithlid After the document was signed Franklin exited the hall, and a woman shouted, “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a republic or a monarchy?” Franklin’s famous reply was, “A republic if you can keep it.”
@yidwithlid As we approach the 2020 election we should remember those words as one party is trying to move the American republic toward socialism a system where the government dictates terms to its citizens.
@yidwithlid The most important words of the Constitution are at the very beginning. The first three words, written supersize script: “We the People.” In this new system, the power doesn’t rest with the government, but with the citizens.
@yidwithlid Ben Franklin said, it is astonishing how close to perfection our constitution really is. It is regrettable that many of the people in our government ignore the Constitution, based on their actions it is hard to believe that they have ever read this banner of freedom and liberty.
