All too often, we Americans take our freedom for granted. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly. So many have been willing to sacrifice these fundamental liberties in the past few years.
Ronald Reagan spoke to this issue when he said, “Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course.”
“They knew that governments don’t control things. A government can’t control the economy without controlling people. And they know when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and clear iron to achieve its purpose,” he said. In an observation that rings true today, Reagan said: “Anytime you and I question the schemes of the do-gooders, we’re denounced as being against their humanitarian goals. They say we’re always ‘against’ things — we’re never ‘for’ anything. Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”
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