Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Friday, March 20, 2009 2:37:05 PM
Mark Levin’s new book Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto will help remind us why we are conservatives by bringing us closer to the first things of constitutionalism. Liberty is not the natural order; there is a history of struggle surrounding the founding of this nation against the manifold forces of tyranny.
Constitutionalism is expressed in that document we call the Constitution and supported by the first principles laid out in the Declaration. These documents are but pieces of paper apart from the heart felt convictions of the men that swear allegiance to them and of the citizens who enjoy their fruits.
The root of corruption is that men without integrety have undermined the principles and crossed the boundaries set out for our protection against the encroachments of tyranny.
The solution is not to elect men with no integrety and no heart for the principles of liberty; this only begets more corruption and more tyranny.
What is needed is knowledge and understanding of our heritage to support our convictions of the sanctity of life and marriage, and personal responsibility under limited, representative government. These are the things of conservatism on which liberty depends, rooted in the ancient writings of the Hebrew prophets and come to full light in Jesus Christ.
Conservatism will continue because Christ is building His Church in every generation and in every nation. His purposes cannot fail. America can come along or she can go the way of destruction of nations that reject the Ruler of nations [Psalm 2].
Thank you, Mark Levin for your labor of love for liberty and for this great nation. My prayer is that your book will have great influence in calling conservatives back to first things.