Mark Levin
Mark LevinThe 17th Amendment 1s 2arly proponents advanced it not because they championed 'democracy' or the individual, but because they knew it would be one of several important mechanisms for empowering the federal government and unraveling constitutional republicanism.
Conservatism is seeing in the free market the harmony of interests and rules of cooperation that also underlie the civil society.
Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny. It's the only one. It's based on thousands of years of human experience. There is nothing narrow about the conservative philosophy. It's a liberating philosophy. It is a magnificent philosophy. It is a philosophy for the ages, for all times.
Conservatism is the belief in the dignity of the individual . . .not because man or some government says so, but because these are God-given natural rights.
The Constitution of the US is the most magnificent government on the face of the Earth because it was intended to preserve the American society and the American spirit, not to transform it or destroy it.
The Declaration of Independence is an explicit recognition that our rights derive not from the King of England, not from the judiciary, not from government at all, but from God.
The Free market promotes self-worth, self-sufficiency, shared values, and honest dealings, which enhance the individual, the family, and the community. It discriminates against no race, religion, or gender.
Judicial activism is judicial tyranny and no radical political movement has been more effective in undermining our system of government.
Leviathan is a problematic thesis in that Hobbes seems to be saying that man’s nature cannot be trusted but the nature of a ruler or a ruling assembly of men can be trusted. How so?
Social security is a widely popular program because the individual has been deceived by the Statist to believe that the government has been prudently and diligently managing his accumulated pension investment in his Social Security account, which he presumes to be funded by his own payroll taxes.
Statism is using the power of government to impose a decision on as many individuals and businesses as possible, which distorts the free market itself.
Utopianism attempts to shape and dominate the individual by doing two things at once: it strips the individual of his uniqueness, making him indistinguishable from the multitudes that form what is commonly referred to as 'the masses,' but it simultaneously assigns him a group identity based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, income, etc., to highlight differences within the masses.
Utopianism substitutes glorious predictions and unachievable promises for knowledge, science, and reason, while laying claim to them all.
Utopianism is sold as reforming and improving the existing society's imperfections and weaknesses; as innocuous, well-intentioned, and perhaps constructive but not a dangerous trespass on fundamental liberties.
