Independence and Law

Our Founding Fathers had the revolutionary idea that man shouldn't lord over another man.  They based this on a new philosophy put forward by the likes of men like John Locke who said things like, 

"...law teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions"

If only we'd have kept to these principles and not allowed this logic to be slowly eroded by well-meaning, but ignorant, constituencies and greedy politicians...

In spite of them, Americans have innovated and invented to the extent the world has never seen.

Maybe, if we're diligent enough, and willing to be tested by those ignorant and/or greedy stumbling blocks, we can achieve something even greater in the long run.