Last Friday on the Fox News Channel, Glenn Beck put together a big event in which he started the 912 Project and launched a website. The website is www.the912project.com. This was a big event that was intended to bring together many people, no matter where you are on the political spectrum. Glenn's movement was to bring people together with a set of principles and values that everyone can agree on. Instead of having people that are democrat or republican, liberal or conservative, we can all be American. From my previous post about Glenn Beck you'll found the 9 Principles and 12 Values. These principles and values are based on our founding fathers beliefs and what they intended us to be as Americans. Here are some words from them:
God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the external rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.” from George Washington’s first Inaugural address.
| Honesty “I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” George Washington | |
Justice “I deem one of the essential principles of our government… equal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political.” Thomas Jefferson
Life, Liberty, & The Pursuit of Happiness “Everyone has a natural right to choose that vocation in life which he thinks most likely to give him comfortable subsistence.” Thomas Jefferson
Charity “It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.” George Washington
On your right to disagree “In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.” George Washington
Who works for whom? “I consider the people who constitute a society or a nation as the source of all authority in that nation.” Thomas Jefferson
If we all look back and remember that terrifying day of September 11, 2001, we were shock as a nation, but on next day, Sept 12, we were united as Americans. Today there is many people that are back to acting as 9/10 people, hating people on the left and right, putting blame on others. We need to come back to the status we were on 9/12. We were true Americans then, united with a common mission and vision. I know that everyone can unite under this 9 Principles and 12 Values. The unique aspect is that even Atheists can unite under them. Even if you don't believe in a God as the majority of Americans believe in, you believe a certain center force that controls your life. Whether that be these principles and values, or even a certain object or thought. I respect anyone's belief, they have the absolute right to believe in anything they want to believe in. That is what made this country great. Here we can unite regardless of what political view you have, or religion you believe in.
I love my nation, and I don't want it to fall from what our Founding Fathers fought with their own blood to bring to pass. This Nation is greatly blessed with many freedoms that people who live outside of this country would die to have in their lives. It is these freedoms we can take for granted sometimes. It makes me sad to see our politicians in Washington forgoing their own principles and values in order to receive more power. Another reason there should be a change in the term of our nation's senators and representatives. The longer they stay in office, the longer they seek reelection and power, instead of focusing on serving the people that live in their state or district. Here some words from a Great Man who didn't drop his principles and values when he got to Washington.
"One thing our Founding Fathers could not foresee...was a nation governed by professional politicians who had a vested interest in getting reelected. They probably envisioned a fellow serving a couple of hitches and then looking...forward to getting back to the farm."
"Every once in a while, somebody has to get the bureaucracy by the neck and shake it loose and say "stop what you're doing.""
"In some dim beginning, man created the institution of government as a convenience for himself. And, ever since that time, government has been doing its best to become an inconvenience."
"Together, let us make this a new beginning. Let us make a commitment to care for the needy, to teach our children the values and the virtues handed down to us by our families, to have the courage to defend those values and the willingness to sacrifice for them. Let us pledge to restore, in our time, the American spirit of voluntary service, of cooperation, of private and community initiative, a spirit that flows like a deep and mighty river through the history of our nation. "
"Live each day to the fullest. Live each day with enthusiasm, optimism and hope. If you do, I am convinced that your contribution to this wonderful experiment we call America will be profound."
"Don't let anyone tell you that America's best days are behind her - that the American spirit has been vanquished. We've seen it triumph too often in our lives to stop believing in it now."
"There is no institution more vital to our Nation's survival than the American family. Here the seeds of personal character are planted, the roots of public virtue first nourished. Through love and instruction, discipline, guidance and example, we learn from our mothers and fathers the values that will shape our private lives and our public citizenship."
"Our National Motto - 'In God We Trust' - was not chosen lightly. It reflects a basic recognition that there is a divine authority in the universe to which this nation owes homage."
"I'm just a citizen temporarily in public service."
"I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand up for my own values and beliefs. My candidacy is based on my record, and for that matter, my entire life."
"When you start talking about government as "we" instead of "they," you have been in office too long."
"When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the Presidency, which belongs to our people."
If you haven't figured it out yet, this was Ronald Wilson Reagan. To learn more about this Great Servant, Husband, Father, and American you can go to www.reagansheritage.org.
I know this nation was created under the direct inspiration from God. The further we fall from this, and lose our values, we as a Nation will fall. Whatever happens, we must continue to established a foundation within our homes and teach our family, which is the center unit of society, these principles and values, I know we will be ok. I know if everyone in this nation would followed these principles and values, then this will be the nation our founding fathers wanted it to become. Lets us go forward with enthusiasm and optimism, and fight to keep true principles and values the driving force to make this nation greater and greater everyday
1 comment:
very inspirational post! Thanks Justin
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