Today, the George W. Bush Presidential Center and 12 other presidential foundations and centers have issued a joint statement as a reminder of what makes the United States a great nation; our ideals rooted in freedom and democracy. “The unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, are principles that bind us together as Americans. They have enabled the United States to strive toward a more perfect union, even when we have not always lived up to those ideals….” Read the statement, share it, and have a conversation: https://lnkd.in/g_QgfvxJ
A not-so-minor correction. We have a constitutional federal republic, not a democracy. There’s a difference. I invite the George W. Bush Presidential Center to read the Constitution and to also review the Federalist Papers to understand the nature of our government and why we are not a democracy.
Webster’s Definition of Democracy: : a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections
And you cannot play that role by sitting on the sidelines and doing or saying nothing, or just complaining and criticizing. Speak up and speak out against false messiahs and threats to democracy, to include those who claim to be defenders of it.
Well said and important reminder in today’s climate here and around the world.
Global elite can trash talk all he wants, he is still a sell out for the American people to support one world order. He mingles with the corrupt to his benefit not Americans.
In God We Trust! God bless the USA 🇺🇸! It is a nation that always tried to do right things on the earth. We are proud for you!!!
This is so important 🇺🇸🙏
The key word is democracy
Let's bring back sanity and civility.
Santa Gertrudis — the first American Breed
11moIt is a Constitutional Republic, not a democracy. Democracy is tyranny of the majority. The Constitution was designed to prevent that from happening.