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America's democratic, federal, and republican form of government is now 227 years old. No other current government has survived as long without radical change. 227 years ago, the country had just fought a war for independence. It was a nation of people determined that liberty was fundamental to life. The men who shaped the new government were scholars who went to great effort to create something new in government to protect the rights of people to "life, liberty, and property" and to ensure justice for all citizens in a way that would endure. It was new and daring. Some thought that such a degree of liberty might be too fragile, but worth the risk of trying it by forming their new government. Benjamin Franklin famously answered the question as to what kind of government the 1787 Constitutional Congress had given the country - "A republic, if you can keep it." We ''have'' kept it. And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, wellbeing, and prosperity are the measures. | America's democratic, federal, and republican form of government is now 227 years old. No other current government has survived as long without radical change. 227 years ago, the country had just fought a war for independence. It was a nation of people determined that liberty was fundamental to life. The men who shaped the new government were scholars who went to great effort to create something new in government to protect the rights of people to "life, liberty, and property" and to ensure justice for all citizens in a way that would endure. It was new and daring. Some thought that such a degree of liberty might be too fragile, but worth the risk of trying it by forming their new government. Benjamin Franklin famously answered the question as to what kind of government the 1787 Constitutional Congress had given the country - "A republic, if you can keep it." We ''have'' kept it. And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, wellbeing, and prosperity are the measures. | ||
| − | <br>''Civicwiki is about how this new government took shape'' - to be discussed within the categories of [[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]] and [[Portal:Federalism and Democracy|Federalism and Democracy]]. | + | <br>'''Civicwiki is about how this new government took shape''' - to be discussed within the categories of [[Portal:Inalienable Rights|Inalienable Rights]] and [[Portal:Federalism and Democracy|Federalism and Democracy]]. |
| − | America has always been a nation of big issues - none larger than during our nation's beginnings. Today's big issues are no less important to the continued stability and longevity of our government. Today we seem deeply divided by our views on big issues. We are divided because we hold differing philosophies and have differing views on the role of government. | + | America has always been a nation of big issues - none larger than during our nation's beginnings. Today's big issues are no less important to the continued stability and longevity of our government. Today we seem deeply divided by our views on big issues. We are divided because we hold differing philosophies and have differing views on the role of government and how to govern. |
| − | <br>''Civicwiki is also about the [[Portal:The Big Issues|big issues]]. | + | <br>'''Civicwiki is also about the [[Portal:The Big Issues|big issues]].''' |
Revision as of 19:08, 22 February 2014
America's democratic, federal, and republican form of government is now 227 years old. No other current government has survived as long without radical change. 227 years ago, the country had just fought a war for independence. It was a nation of people determined that liberty was fundamental to life. The men who shaped the new government were scholars who went to great effort to create something new in government to protect the rights of people to "life, liberty, and property" and to ensure justice for all citizens in a way that would endure. It was new and daring. Some thought that such a degree of liberty might be too fragile, but worth the risk of trying it by forming their new government. Benjamin Franklin famously answered the question as to what kind of government the 1787 Constitutional Congress had given the country - "A republic, if you can keep it." We have kept it. And America became the most successful of countries if personal liberty, wellbeing, and prosperity are the measures.
Civicwiki is about how this new government took shape - to be discussed within the categories of Inalienable Rights and Federalism and Democracy.
America has always been a nation of big issues - none larger than during our nation's beginnings. Today's big issues are no less important to the continued stability and longevity of our government. Today we seem deeply divided by our views on big issues. We are divided because we hold differing philosophies and have differing views on the role of government and how to govern.
Civicwiki is also about the big issues.
