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The United States of America is called "The Grand Experiment" because it is the first country to exist that was formed "by the people, for the people" and is based on democracy and liberty.
The USA gave the power to the people as the rulers of the government, instead of as is traditional, where a government rules the people. One of the reasons for the first and second amendments; the freedom of speech and to bear arms.
It was warned by the founding fathers that this state would always be under attack and subject to "change" if it were not for the vigilance of the people. When the people rely on big government they flirt with the loss of this grand experiment.
A few Quotes:
"I believe that there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpation's."
- James Madison
"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty . . is finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American People."
"Our nation was founded as an experiment in human liberty. Its institutions reflect the belief of our founders that men had their origin and destiny in God"
- John Foster Dulles
"Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God?"
"No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of patriotism . . Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
- John Adams
"Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES."
- Patrick Henry
"Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. He therefore is the truest friend of the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue."
- Samuel Adams
"Free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of patriotism . . "
- Andrew Jackson
It's also the first country to be built on Free masonry principles.
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