Because The State Can No Longer Protect

Tyranny May Creep In Under The Outward Forms Of Traditional Law.

Liberalism Is Really Piecemeal Socialism, And Socialism Always Attacks Three Basic Social Institutions: Religion, The Family, And Private Property. Religion, Because It Offers A Rival Authority To The State; The Family, Because It Means A Rival Loyalty To The State; And Property, Because It Means Material Independence Of The State.

A Belief In Moral Absolutes Should Always Make Us More, Not Less, Critical Of Both Sides In Any Conflict. This Doesn't Mean That Both Sides Are Equally Wrong; It Means That Since We All Fall Short Of Moral Perfection, Even The Side Whose Cause Is Truly Righteous May Commit Terrible Acts Of Violence In Defense Of That Cause -- And, Worse, May Feel Quite Justified In Committing Them. That Is The Difference Between Being Righteous And Being Self-righteous. Moral Standards Are Absolute; But Human Fidelity To Them Is Always Relative.

Thus Does A 'necessary Evil' Become An Idol. Maybe We're Stuck With It. But Do We Have To Worship It?

The Most Successful Revolutions Aren't Those That Are Celebrated With Parades And Banners, Drums And Trumpets, Cannons And Fireworks. The Really Successful Revolutions Are Those That Occur Quietly, Unnoticed, Uncommemorated. We Don't Celebrate The Day The United States Constitution Was Destroyed; It Didn't Happen On A Specific Date, And Most Americans Still Don't Realize It Happened At All. We Don't Say The Constitution Has Ceased To Exist; We Merely Say That It's A 'living Document.' But It Amounts To The Same Thing.