"America is great because it is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great." President James Madison said, "It is of great importance to republics, not only that society should be defended from the oppression of those who govern it, but also that one section of society should be protected against the injustice of another section; for justice is the end towards which all governments must be directed." Again, Jefferson said that "The tyranny of legislators is at present, and will be for many years, our most formidable danger. The tyranny of the executive will arise in its turn but at a more distant period." Jefferson's words are of great importance, for I consider him to have been the most powerful thinker that America has ever had. The quote at the top has been attributed to de Tocqueville. I believe that his book, "Democracy in America," confirms the fact that this Frenchman admired America and its "Sovereign Authority" when he said "almost all of the sects of the U.S. are comprised within the great unity of Christianity and Christian morality is everywhere the same." The words of de Tocqueville explain away the slave issues and other demeaning things said about Jefferson who lived in a time when having slaves was accepted if you owned acres of land. Notice that those who deprecate the characters of our founders, don't ever leave the good ole U.S. of A.
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