Law, Not Freedom Makes America Great

Don't let anyone fool you. 

What makes this nation great is not freedom or independence from rule.  Freedom can be found more easily in the remote regions of any country.  In fact what we have in America is actually the opposite of freedom. We are free from the rule of men with all men equal but we are bound under the rule of law with all men submitting to the same law. Our land was built on the truth that the law that we lived under would be created by "The People". Then that law would apply to all the people.  The ideal that has made America great is that we are ruled by law not men. Laws were created by the people, of the people and for the people. We are not ruled by the authority of men and their desire for power or to retain power. The law governs all, those in power and those not. This nation will cease to be great when we as people and those in power believe that we can operate outside of the law. Everyone is bound to submit to the law, especially those that enforce and create the law. When this is no longer the case then we have lost our country. Our Democracy depends on your ability to govern yourself.  A democratic nation cannot be sustained if the people of the nation are so unrestrained that they cannot adhere to the law they help create through the democratic process.  The natural evolution will be a nation that either does not want any restraint on itself or a people that must be ruled by a tyrant to control their actions.  If you want a nation of the people, by the people and for the people, then you must have the personal fortitude and integrity to obey the law you help to create. 

This is all we have as a nation.