"Outsiders" Thought 4 the Week: As America Celebrates the 4th of July....
Today is Independence Day in the United States. There will be celebrations throughout the United States. But, as it celebrates this day, America continues to be at a crossroads. This is ever more crucial as contenders for the Presidency try to advocate their vision for their view of Constitutional Government.
As this debate continues, I hope that the current contenders all remember what Jefferson said of the need to change with the times:
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.
America needs to remember this admonition as it looks forward to another contention election season.
Happy Birthday America...May this experiment continue to endure!!!
As this debate continues, I hope that the current contenders all remember what Jefferson said of the need to change with the times:
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.
America needs to remember this admonition as it looks forward to another contention election season.
Happy Birthday America...May this experiment continue to endure!!!
Mike Pouraryan
