"The
alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the
spirit of revenge natural to party dissention, which in different ages
& countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a
frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and
permanent despotism. The disorders & miseries, which result,
gradually incline the minds of men to seek security & repose in the
absolute power of an Individual: and sooner or later the chief of some
prevailing faction more able or more fortunate than his competitors,
turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the
ruins of Public Liberty."
George Washington, September 19, 1796
George
Washington said this six months before leaving office. What he had
observed troubled him, as he saw in America's future what most of us do
not see in our present, the total disintegration of individual
self-governing!
It
may be more than odd that only the Washington Monument excludes a
resemblance of George Washington. Imagine if instead there was a statue
of Washington's likeness peering down towards the Capitol to 'see' what
he warned the nation of, not two chambers working in concert for the
American people, but two parties working in conjunction to retain their
power.
The
American people have endured, even as the vitality of our nation slowly
dies, leaving more than 300 million American solely dependent on a few
hundred people who have amassed ultimate power over every part of our
lives either directly with laws and regulations, or stealthy through the
"conditioning" of American minds!
Our
nation may survive, but not as it was intended to be. No, our corrupted
governance has assured us it will never again rise to the heights our
Founders envisioned! We have swayed so far off the exact course
painstaking developed we will never right our course until we have hit
rock bottom where hopelessness triumphs over hollow acclamations that
America remains the paragon of great governance.
There
will be a time when the American people will get a peek behind the
curtain and see the true intentions of those who govern. They will see
what they have never been told, that fraud, deceit, contempt and
corruption are the tools of the political trade. They will understand
all the finger pointing is meant to delay actually doing something to
address our nation's ills. For to heal our nation would mean to restore
the power of governance to the American people.
Unfortunately, no one knows when this time will come, or the state of our nation when it does.
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