History

The Moral of the Story.
A French philosopher and historian, Frederic Bastiat 1801-1848,
stated that life, liberty and property do not exist because men have made
laws--- On the contrary it was the fact that life, liberty and property existed
beforehand that caused men to make law (and we may add, to defend their
life, liberty and property) not to take them from him through tyrannical
governments.

Bastiat says that true Law is justice and that only under true law can a
simple and enduring government be conceived.

Bastiat also stated that only in true justice can every person obtain
his real worth and true dignity of his being...and only under Law of
justice can man may achieve God's design for the orderly and peaceful
progress of humanity.

Bastiat traveled throughout America near 1835 and wondered at its greatness.
The many towns having peace and serenity, the many churches, where the
people sincerely worshiped Jesus Christ and recognized him as their succor.
They were free. He wrote saying, "When America ceases to be good they
will cease to be great."

Thus it behooves us as recipients of the blessings of freedom to assess
the great phenomenon of peace and freedom in the land of the United
States of America for the past 230 years