Mike Cloud: “This July 4 we celebrated our 245th anniversary as a nation, and we, indeed, have a lot to celebrate. Margaret Thatcher…”

“This July 4 we celebrated our 245th anniversary as a nation, and we, indeed, have a lot to celebrate. Margaret Thatcher once observed that while Europe was created by history, America was created by philosophy. To Thatcher's point, the United States is unique in history in that we are founded on the principle that we are all created equal and that our inalienable rights are not a grant from government, but they are endowed to us by God; and that a just form of government derives its power from the consent of the governed. These founding principles have made us a city on a hill and an example of freedom and liberty to the world. We truly hold a special place in history. Like every nation in history, we have had our challenges and we have made our mistakes. But we have introduced into humanity the model of a nation not defined by our government but by ``We the People.'' With each generation we have perfected our understanding of what it means to realize that truth that all of us are created equal and that we are always working toward that more perfect union. A young nation in the scope of history, we stepped onto the world stage with unmatched confidence. Knowing that our cause was just, we pushed back against the designs of those intent on world domination, Marxism and its authoritarian expression of communism and socialism, emerging victorious after World War II.…”