We the People…
September 17 is Constitution Day. What does that mean and why is that significant to a modern, 21st century American whose rights have already been fought for, won and well-established?
Constitution Day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution by thirty-nine brave men on September 17, 1787, recognizing all who, are born in the U.S. or by naturalization, have become citizens.
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As citizens of the United States of America, we are very diverse, ethnically, culturally, and religiously. Our nation isn’t even 250 years old so our common heritage is still a nascent one. In short, we don’t always have a lot in common. Yet our Constitution groups us all together as, “We the People.”
The Constitution assures us that the government exists at our pleasure, that it serves to protect the rights of all citizens, and may not deprive any citizen of his or her rights without due process of law.
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What a precious guarantee. The globe abounds with tyranny and oppression, yet here in America – the Land of the Free – we are blessed with an iron clad promise, that We the People are in charge.
What could those “founding fathers” have envisioned for the future when they signed the document that began, “We the People of the United States…”?
This is the document that our fourth President James Madison called “a miracle,” famed business author Stephen Covey labelled as “inspired,” and Senator-statesman Henry Clay proclaimed “was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.”
Almost every American President has lauded this foundational root of Democracy, including Gerald Ford, who stated, “Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men,” and Calvin Coolidge, who declared, “To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.”
The beauty of the United States Constitution is one of comprehensive, non-discriminatory largess. It protects those whose views we share and it also protects those with whom we disagree. It is wholly, uncompromisingly, and blindly fair. It possesses not Edmund Burke’s “cold neutrality of an impartial judge,” but rather the all-knowing, forgiving compassion of mother who loves all her children with equal passion.
It is a fact that 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution. These timeless and universal principals are worth honoring, both on September 17, Constitution Day, and always.
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