All great change in America
begins at the dinner table.”
~ Ronald Reagan ~
What is more central to a civilization, a culture than the family unit? The strength and design of the family defines the culture, and, as such, its future.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a family is “a group of two or more people who reside together and who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption” (U.S. Census Bureau). This definition is clear and concise, however, it does not reflect the “extended” family which once again is growing in importance to the nuclear family. In today’s economy, many grandparents, aunts, & uncles are helping with household management, everything from moving home with parents and combining households to daycare help with small children. While it may be “hardship” that causes this change, in the long run, it is advantageous all around. Seniors once again have some purpose – tending children or helping with light household chores. Parents are free to work or run errands. Children have more adults around them to emulate, play with and gain attention from! Like spreading the load among more people, the weight becomes easier.
The belief that America is degenerating on a moral level is shared by both Republicans and Democrats. According to a new Gallup poll, 82 percent of Republicans and 78 percent of Democrats say that moral values in the U.S.A. are only fair or downright poor. 40 years ago, only 33 percent of Americans felt that way.
So what’s happened? First, secular forces have destroyed any rendering of Judeo-Christian philosophy in the public school system. Many teachers are now ordered not to make value judgments on behavior and not to push any specific moral standards. Thus children receive little if any moral guidance in class. READ ON
You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man’s initiative and independence.
~ Abraham Lincoln
“The left insists on its constructs, on isolating entire groups into neat categories of oppressed and oppressor, but it can only keep those categories alive by perpetuating their disempowerment in one way or another. Take Griggs v Duke Power Co, in which the Supreme Court held that it was racist for a company to ask for a high school diploma of its employees, because such a requirement had a disproportionate impact on minorities. Like many of the loonier Burger court decisions, this one was scaled back over time, but what of the idea behind it. That social justice involves lowering barriers for qualification, thereby discouraging ability and competence.” READ ON
Historical Figures weigh in on
the Importance of Morality or Character
Only a man’s character is the real criterion of worth. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. ~ Helen Keller
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. ~
No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today’s world do not have. ~ Ronald Reagan
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. ~ George Washington
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~ Abraham Lincoln