The Silent underground 'Fear of God" much more important than His Truth, Trust, Promise in Our Three Sacred Documents:

From Alexandra Foster's FB page: "The Day Paul Manafort Put The Fear Of God Into The Hearts and Minds Of The GOP Establishment" Posted on May 5, 2016 by DCWhispers

Read more at:  http://dcwhispers.com/day-paul-manafort-put-fear-god-hearts-minds-gop-establishment/#rgmwShhZB7ChoSBJ.99

First this: Among the "designated facilitator" of "pre-determined"-set in "stoney-fleshey-circumcised" "arbitrary rules of conduct-force-ex post facto-"outcome"-devoid Truth, is their 'Newer-Speak mantra, "Practicability: This explained by a pharmacist in North County San Diego and a teacher in Riverside County --- neither have any knowledge of the other person's existence, even their "connection" within their common-2014 decreed by few men-deluded-democracy by silent-stealth, each other:  "I am just one Person, what can I do? Even if there was something, can I risk losing my job [position-profession]? That would threaten my family, and I can't do that?!".

The primary purpose of those who worship the-very great-and reverent-vain-idol-god's forms of bigger-number, is to use, delusional-democracy's UDHR Article 29, collective mass-people in personality's development is dependent upon "community" of "simply-human-family is the most important value;" thereby preventing One Person's "Independence" in his, alone, Holy Living Trinity --; therefore, One People performing Duty, Honor, Service to our Archetypal Republic under God in Christ in Person's "#7 Operation from God, Speech, an interpreter of cogitations, thereof," Bible in Declaration, in Constitution.... .  The few-men of arbitrary rules of conduct-force-01/20/2009 anti-law have succeeded simply by providing indoctrination-education to ignorance of denigration of Wisdom, Knowledge for Truth in Trust, Faith in Promise taught in Proverbs 8, among the Whole of The Gospel .

Then, connected to this about What One Person, can do: Mr. Manafort, among the current 01/20/2009-usurper, ex-Secretary of State, ex-Attorney General, ex-Senator Boxer and present Senator Feinstein along with 39 -labeled-democrat of 53 House District's patent demonstration of gerrymandering [see sequential-arrangement at https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/CA ] such that Truth in Trust shall never have a voice, while at the same time, what lie and steal can do in destruction, our two-party-system of ethical-1828-politics, while at the same time, - denying The Creator in all Three Sacred Documents -- is, the pharmacist and teacher, in actuality, are fooled simply because they do not have Christian Discipline taught by sinner-tax-gatherer, Paul chosen by God in Christ in his person - after Christ returned to His Father, and then to Your-Person, as the Holy Spirit-Ghost Truth/ Freedom/ Justice: "A pure heart, A Good Conscience, A Sincere Faith in I Timothy 1:

Interesting, "fear of God" since He has no part in government of man. That, to which it is mandatory for power-absolute unquestioned, to teach complete obedience to "fear of man/ few men - authority". The reason all language and communication, Apocrypha's "..understanding and Speech, an interpreter of cogitations thereof,...created man of the earth,...gave them few days...a short time... and power over the things therein... emdued them with strength by themselves... made them according to His image... counsel, a tongue, and eye, eares, and a heart, gave He them to understand...withall, Hee filled them with the knowledge of understanding,  and shewed them good and evill. .." -- 1611KJV, the 1620 Puritans through late 1770's Bible upon which the Three Sacred documents were founded...and applied from daily life to social and filial contract ... according to The Holy Living Trinity:

Reading about the Who's Who of Paul Manafort, it appears he is the epitome of wolf wearing sheepskin in his choices of who and why he chooses some of secularism's Scatter rather than -- God (Ezekiel 33, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Apocrypha among the Whole of the Bible) in Christ in Person of our American God Is Law, archetypal Republic under God... Mr. Manafort appears to be the basis of repudiating what he thinks is Conservatism by the same Double-Think in NewSpeak which prevents The Creator in the Declaration is the Same Creator in supreme Law of the Land, of necessity water, atmosphere, Periodic Chart of the Elements -- and Person in His Spirit-Truth, Who is also Witness to Mr. Manafort's Pledge of Allegiance to our archetypal-Flag's hallmark of Truth, Trust, Promise in each-one-Person's "Independence"  composing the Whole of One People in our Republic under God. .

Thus, his own "UDHR Article 19's "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions [ defined as probability - never certainty of fact] without interference.."and regardless of..." outer most limitations of ideas/ language and communication-Speech, an interpreter of cogitations, there of -- absolutely no probability of truth, trust, or promise required, "...frontiers.".  Notice he didn't work with Gov.Mitt Romney because Mitt is already in his group-think-collective-people-camp by groups of physical and environmental characteristics! Actually, for Republicans of God and Nation First -- here is our 1620 Puritans - Colonists - Founders and every American from that day to this flashing cursor -- enemy within - within whatever is left of the GOP since it is now, absent God in Christ in Person alone, then with those they know or will never know. Also known among Matthew in Chapter 12, "He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me " SCAT'TERs", verb transitive [Latin scateo, discutio; Gr. to scatter to discuss. This word may be formed on the root of discutio. The primary sense is to drive or throw.] 1. To disperse; to dissipate; to separate or remove things to a distance from each other. From thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Genesis 11:9. I will scatter you among the heathen. Leviticus 26:33.
2. To throw loosely about; to sprinkle; as, to scatter seed in sowing.
'Teach the glad hours to scatter as they fly, soft quiet, gentle love and endless joy.'-- Matthew Prior (21 July 1664 – 18 September 1721) was an English poet and diplomat.[1][2] He is also known as a contributor to The Examiner. ‘And fondly mourn the dear delusion gone. ‘ Word: Right, Neglect, Thing, Delusion, Grace, Scatter
3. To spread or set thinly.
'Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, their scatter'd cottages, and ample plains.' -- John Dryden 19 August 1631 – 12 May 1700) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668' " AMERICAN DICTIONARY 1828.

Now We know who the "fear of God by Pharisee's rules of conduct - force, absent Truth - conscience" is.... a one-person-tank to destroy Truth, Trust, Promise. A political, underground-autocrat who permits himself ignorance Truth, Trust or Promise applied in Declaration and Constitution-- in common with others of his generation of anti-God' law education by Common Core or Big Brother's Group-think.

Dr. Webster defines the difference between a taxgather-scribe abuser- sinner, chosen by Christ Jesus after His crucifixion, Paul's Christian religion (Hebrews 6, I Tim 1, Galatians): uncircumsized, "liberty of God" - Gentiles; and  Fisherman Peter (the New Testament, note: Matt. 7, 15, 16, 18; John 8, 10, 13, 14) chosen by man/ Pharisee, High Priest, scribe's circumcised-government of few men" "arbitrary rules of conduct -force, absent conscience (Jefferson)":

In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children[persons], under a free [Truth-John 8] government, ought to be instructed. ..No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion Must Be The Basis of Any Government Intended To Secure The rights and Privileges of a Free  people. ..."

People in Groups by physical and environmental characteristics: All males-Circumsized-in severest, fleshy pain-no pain-relief-absolute authority-body's physiology, upon which neurology, psychology, anatomy depend for life-corporeal-temporal, Jesus, chosen by man, walking-on-earth, Western European Papal authority-Kings:

"...When I speak of the Christian religion as the basis of government, I do Not mean an ecclesiastical establishment, a creed, or rites, forms [denominations] and ceremonies, or any compulsion of conscience,...

Uncircumsized, Liberty of God, individual-person's choice in all roles of his life, within, according to The Everlasting Father, we are taught by His Everlasting Son who is within The Holy Living Trinity :

"..I mean primitive Christianity in its simplicity as taught by Christ and His apostles, consisting in a belief in the being, perfections, and moral government of God; in the revelation of His will to men, as their supreme rule of action; in man's accountability to God for his conduct in this life; and in the indispensable obligation of all men to yield entire obedience to God's commands in the moral law and in the Gospel. .."

And the difference applied to education of, by, and for continued liberty-justice of Declaration in Constitution System of Republican form of government:

"This belief and this practice may consist with different forms of church government, which Not Being Essential to Christianity, Need Not Enter into Any System of education [government by physical and environmental group-think ruled by few men]."

Political Leaders from Dr. Matthew Spalding's "The Founder's Almanac...": "The Great principles of right and wrong are legible to every reader; to pursue them requires not the aid of many counselors.  The WHOLE art of government consists in the art of BEING HONEST. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail."--Thomas Jefferson, A Summary View of the Rights of British America, 1775
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"Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm."--Publius #10, 11/23/1787
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"The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted with too much solicitude to the different characters and capacities impress with it."--James Madison, letter to Frederick Beasley, November 20, 1825...

Our Founder's in our God's Era of our Nation's "..course of human events.." in this "Consolidated Presidential Primary Election, Sample Ballot and Information Pamphlet" are demonstrated in documented-fact in evidence of repudiation of God's Two Greatest Commands - the First and Second table American God Is Law --- the meaning of "OATH, noun  A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. The appeal to God in an oath implies that the person imprecates his vengeance and renounces his favor if the declaration is false, or if the declaration is a promise, the person invokes the vengeance of God if he should fail to fulfill it. A false oath is called perjury;" for if each-one-fellow-country-Person every single level of our Federalist Equilateral Triangle of "separate and equal station", is obeying Truth-God in Christ Jesus, then that fellow-country-person is also obedient to "Love of those that-individual-fellow-country-person knows and will Never Know is transitive and recursive and recursive, not only directly to the position of that fellow-country-person, but also, to every-one-individual-composing One People.

Truth, Trust, Promise in Liberty of most good - Speech, an interpreter of cogitations thereof, God's Law, are not subject to the vain-idol-god's forms of 'bigger number', nor its consensus, group-binomial, yes-no decision-tree-"opinion" and "personality-judgement by planks and earmuff's of hypocrisy in hierarchy," think activities. Candidates, including incumbents -- and Article III Judiciary are accountable to Consent of the Governed  in We the People because of that Oath-Truth-God in His Son, His Son in His Father, His Son in Your-unique-Soul-Holy Ghost-Truth... no exceptions, for blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, The Eternal God our Everlasting Father-Is Truth that is Never forgiven in this world-down-below or heaven-to-come.  The unchained-lie, deceit, steal - murder of heart/ will/ minds of posterity; the force of arbitrary power in controlling - denigrating and making anomaly of all language and communication -  of revision of God in Christ words in The Gospel .

This election, from 01/20/2009 to this flashing cursor is "TREASON is the highest crime of a civil nature of which a man can be guilty. Its signification is different in different countries. In general, it is the offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power," that is, The Holy Living Trinity in Each-one-Person.

"BETRA'Y, verb transitive [Latin traho.]
1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; as, an officer betrayed the city.  The son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. Matthew 17:22.
2. To violate by fraud, or unfaithfulness; as, to betray a trust.  "If the people of America ever betray their trust, their guilt will merit even greater punishment than other nations have suffered, and the indignation of heaven."--- President John Adams
3. To violate confidence by disclosing a secret, or that which was intrusted; to expose; followed by the person, or the thing; as, my friend betrayed me, or betrayed the secret.
4. To disclose, or permit to appear, what is intended to be kept secret, or what prudence would conceal.
Be swift to hear, but cautions of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance. The Reverend Isaac Watts, D.D  (/w?ts/; 17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Christian hymnwriter, theologian and logician; He was recognized as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 750 hymns; Words: Steal, Injury, Self, Betray
Hence,
5. To mislead or expose to inconvenience not foreseen; as, great confidence betrays a man into errors.
6. To show; to discover; to indicate what is not obvious at first view, or would otherwise be concealed.

Nor, after length of years, a stone betray

The place where once the very ruins lay.--The Right Honorable Joseph Addison 

(1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician;  

His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, 

Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.  

Words: Thing, Obsequious, Neglect, Warrant, Vault, Betray

This river betrays its original in its name.  William Holwell, / J. Bryant 

"“The Middle Ages Revisited;: Or, The Roman Government and Religion ...” 

All the names in the country betray great antiquity. - Jacob Bryant

7. To fail, or deceive.   But when I rise, I shall find my legs betraying me. Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [O.S. 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer;  James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.[2] Words: Party, Pride, Betray 

APOS'TASY, noun [Gr. a defection, to depart.]  1. An abandonment of what one has professed; a total desertion, or departure from one's faith or religion.      2. The desertion from a party to which one has adhered."

There can be no higher Treason in self-conviction of repudiating God in Christ in Person composing the First and Second Table Government of Laws, than The Creator is not exactly Who He Says He Is, Performing Exactly What He Has revealed, revealed but repudiated - nuclear energy within the Periodic Chart of the Elements - land/ water/ atmosphere and the outer space which has, alone, contributed more commerce - "Interchange; reciprocal communications; as, there is a vast commerce of ideas"and inventions, since the automobile.

Therefore, Article II:4 before 11/8's apostasy against Consent of the Governed in We the People or, to repeat:  "If the people of America ever betray their trust, their guilt will merit even greater punishment than other nations have suffered, and the indignation of heaven."--- President John Adams

Teaching Person of “Independence” in our Archetypal Republic under God: American Law:

Teaching Person of “Independence” in our Archetypal Republic under God: American Law:
Lesson 2, Sunday, May 31, 2015, Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park, 3:15 pm

Since FB NF, with its very own-anarchy-administrative-police-state, “What’s on your mind?” has every, individual NF item and comments, 24/7 demonstrating in fact and evidence the diffuse nature of father evil-father lie, a.k.a/, this “When in the Course of human events.”.officially 01/20/2009, but in fact and evidence the entire President Bush years in office, ”anti-Republic under God Regime’s conjoined to Article III Judiciary’s devotion to World Court-foreign law, the superior court of government-interests workers of iniquity - decreed in edict deluded-democracy’s collective people-vain-idol-god’s forms of bigger number, few men rule by concrete-hierarchy of government of man, Humanist "human Family" – Personality, an individual has the collective-group-robot-double-think, requirement to become an official, Matt. 7 plank in the eye, member of "HYPOCRISY”.

While handing out the “Centennial International Summer Organ Festival”, Mr. Smith, was deciding whether or not to spend $5.00 on the “Centennial Birthday Souvenir Program, New Years Eve, Wednesday, December 31, 2014". After thumbing through the pages, he asked, “Is this Obama’s Signature?”, unable to read it, but the White House is at the top of the page, answered, “Yes.”.
   
Mr. Smith, “Well, I can’t take this to my brother. He is a Conservative. It’ll make him furious. He gets so angry at anything Obama. It’s really beyond belief, how angry he gets.”.

Me: “It’s not about Obama’s “human” “personality”.  It’s about the 100 year old Organ. ..”.
Mr. Smith, head down, shaking ‘no’: “I’d like to take it to him. He lives a few blocks from  Juilliard, and loves music. He’s ill, and this would just upset him more.”..

Me: It isn’t his “human-personality”- name that is making him [& most if not all Americans of God and Nation First] so angry.” as he leaves, not taking the souvenir program.

Sidebar: To Republicans Party of Principle - and Americans of God and Nation Frist disenfranchised, the world over, by the deluded-democracy’s very great and sacred-vain-idol-god’s forms of Bigger number, collective people the servants , especially important provders of Government interest’s property of your commerce and industry-deceit/ untruth taxpayer dollars, “Conservative” is the newest, Double-Think / Newspeak Word in control and manipulation of Truth, Wisdom, Knowledge of our Colonists and Founders, most ‘modern man’ cannot reach high enough out of their ‘blind leaders of the blind, with earmuffs pit of darkness’ to reach the soles of their feet, even though they would not speak in that manner, but are really fun to read in their beautiful control of expression in metaphor, analogy, and just plain pin-head use of that Exact ‘word’ which says all; because they lived, gave, and understood the truth and the Truth did, indeed set them free for 180 No Central-government-form in  hierarchy for years between 1620 and 1820, John 8, 10, Ezekiel 1-3 (whose creature is much bigger and greater than Revelations is..), 33 for definition of Justice, all of Paul’s Mission – The Only Apostle who Introduces himself to you in about 8 verses of his first letter to Timothy which is also instructions to Article III Judiciary, though they are devoted to the ONE ONLY FOUNDING DOCUMENT - that created one of the biggest violations of the Ten Commandments in our Nation’s history....and that is not only a retrospective fact in evidence, the 4 Dissenters, Justices Jackson-stated No Truth through using fact and evidence, Rutledge, Frankfurter, and Burton all said “Now, as in Madison's day, it is one of principle, to keep separate the separate spheres as the First Amendment drew them, to prevent the first experiment upon our liberties, and to keep the question from becoming entangled in corrosive precedents. We should not be less strict to keep strong and untarnished the one side of the shield of religious freedom than we have been of the other.      The judgment should be reversed.” as well as much more facts in evidence regarding NJ Taxpayers Association President Everson v. Local government’s, Ewing, NJ Board of Education!.

“Obama” is a grain of sand, just like you and me. This American Person has made himself and his entire Regime,  guilty in his own Person of his own spoken words and deeds of complete repudiation of the Truth of his position in our Republic under God. [adding here] Article II, with II:4 Forbidden, because Article III Judiciary is enjoined to Article II, though its own ‘untouchable, sultan-hood, of no accountability, each-one-judicial-person’s supreme rule of action in this life, is a minion of the European - No Truth, Trust, or God – Justice of ‘relationships’ – foreign law, having removed the Laws of the Three Sacred Document’‘s back in 69-70's new 4 kinds of European Law in which there is no Bible or Declaration, though European-collective-people-church’s egalitarian-group-Double-think, anomaly and degradation of language and communication is very present. from enforcement; therefore, the entire One Law within the Laws of the Three Sacred Documents.

Not One American recognizes God in Christ as the cornerstone and foundation of our, as John Adams said, “Government of Laws and Not of man” -2500 year old arbitrary rules of conduct-force in horizontal, concrete-layered-box, hierarchy of few men, including collective-people-of both church now enjoined in complete apostasy to collective, government interest-state — the infamous, father evil-father lie, one historical document to evolve the high and great impenetrable wall — has vaporized, because it was the lie... – No person in this nation obeyed that court edict in decree, until about 1954, here in Seceded government interests from its American Law Citizens - California.

Jan, “They’re afraid to criticize him because of his skin color.”.
Reminded, “Aren’t We (the People) suppose to fear God more than man?” – Jan, nodded, “Yes”.
 Wouldn’t it be a good idea to fear God more than man, since Person’s body and soul are thrown into Gehenna! ?”

Sidebar: There isn’t any more irrelevant and immaterial living object than skin-color -except white siting and enjoined to country-of-origin-except Pledge of a Person’s Honor, duty, Service as a Naturalized Citizen- US(A), for they are forbidden an knowledge of the One Law within the Laws of the Three Sacred Documents.  But it is extremely handy for father evil-father lie, for he can simply remove “Consent of the Governed- to protect Person’s right/ Good through Vote by manipulation and control by the socialist-atheist’s religious/ church belief in a superior power governing the world and worshiping their very great and sacred-vain-idol-god’s forms of ‘bigger number’ learned from the NGO-UDHR-UN/ EU Empire’s devotion for most of those 2500 years.

Humanist-“human Family” – Personality – has the collective-group-robot-double-think, requirement to become an official, Matt. 7 plank in the eye, member of “HYPOC'RISY, noun [Latin hypocrisis; Gr. simulation; to feign; to separate, discern or judge.]  1. Simulation; a feigning to be what one is not; or dissimulation, a concealment of one's real character or motives. More generally, hypocrisy is simulation, or the assuming of a false appearance of virtue or religion; a deceitful show of a good character, in morals or religion; a counterfeiting of religion.  Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy Luke 12:1.      2. Simulation; deceitful appearance; false pretence. Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.  Rambler a periodical (strictly, a series of short papers) by Samuel Johnson between 1750-1752".

LAWS OF THE THREE SACRED DOCUMENTS: PERSON    [[These Brackets are to connect the Bible, the original-source text, among the Age of Enlightenment within the quotes of Noah Webster’s 1828 AMERICAN Dictionary of the English Language, to the Laws, Lessons, Instructions, Warnings, Consequences, Enforcement within BOTH Declaration and Constitution, formatted just like within the Old and new Testament chapters where a situation is presented, and the ‘character-persons’ respond, or not, as the overall Plan of God Continues Exactly As He Said It Will with Truth, Trust, Promise - within our Holy Ghost – in the Holy Living Trinity]]
“ >The individual component of the polity is the Person, which is defined as any being consisting of or having the essential cognitive attributes of a member of the species homo sapiens, including both the capacity to compete with others for the means to exercise the [[Certain, Unalienable, not transferable, Gifts from God- written by man in His Name]] natural rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and the capacity to regulate its competitive actions to avoid depriving others of those rights and to sacrifice itself [[given that, because of the First and Second Table of Law, “Law is never made for Honest Man”-Bible First Timothy; Declaration: abuses, reason for emigration and settlement, consanguinity with British people]] for the greater good of the polity as a whole or for their common posterity [[“separate and equal station, Laws of Nature’s God; Bible: The Two Greatest Commands of God]].

> .The polity, or society, is created by the Social Contract, in which persons agree to join together for mutual benefit and defense, and to regulate their behavior to avoid forms of competition which are destructive of social coherence and effectiveness, such as violence, deception, or collusion, or to infringe on the rights of others;” [[ therefore, deluded-democracy is violation of Article II:4 Treason, Bribery, for it cannot exist, unless control and manipulation of all life on planet earth remains those few men - arbitrary-despotic power – in secret – so No Person ever realizes that his Soul/ Mind/ Heart/ Will/ Conscience are despoiled and enslaved; and that the only difference between the Jews, Polish, and ‘other unacceptable humans’, marched, naked, into showers, is that “the body when dead is not called a person”—Each-one’s unique Soul did not die, but returned to heaven where the Holy Living Trinity - Ghost - Spirit -Truth, The Eternal continues Exactly Who He Says He Is, but collective, mass people in their government-interests-arbitrary, rules of conduct-Perfidy of Blasphemy, physical and environmental robot-think, perpetrated-malice prepense-ignorance, will remain in their ‘human physiology, upon which neurology, psychology, anatomy depend for life on ‘fallen angel - father evil-father lie - world-down-below]]
John Adams, An Essay on Man’s Lust for Power, August 29, 1763: “
”.“Self Deceipt is perhaps the source of far the greatest and worst Part of the Vices and Calamities among Man kind.”—The Love of Pleasure and Aversion to Pain, our affections for all Things that have Power either in Reality or in our own Imaginations only to give us the former, and our Hatred of all Things that communicate the later, our Senses, our Appetites, our Passions, and all our Habits and Prejudices, nay even our very Virtues and useful Qualities, our Piety towards God and our Benevolence to Mankind, The Reverence for our Parents and Affection to our Children, our Desires of Fame and aspirations after Independence, have all of them in their Turns a Tendency, unless more cautiously watched than the Condition of Humanity will allow, to deceive us into Error.—This is the great and important and melancholy Truth that is conveyd to us by the old Maxim, that I have chosen for the Motto of this Paper, that all Men would be Tyrants if they could..
...This which is no new Discovery, but has been many thousands of Years consid[ered] by thinking Men, seems to have given rise to the wisest and best of Governments which seems to be calculated on Purpose, to controul and counteract the Ruinous Tendency of this Imperfection in our Natures.
Power is a Thing of infinite Danger and Delicacy, and was never yet confided to any Man or any Body of Men without turning their Heads.—Was there ever, in any Nation or Country, since the fall, a standing Army that was not carefully watched and contrould by the State so as to keep them impotent, that did not, ravish, plunder, Massacre and ruin, and at last inextricably inslave the People,—Was there ever a Clergy, that have gained, by their Natural Ascendancy over private Consciences, any important Power in the State, that did not restlessly aspire by every Art, by Flattery and Intrigues, by Bribery and Corruption, by wresting from the People the Means of Knowledge, and by inspiring misterious and awful apprehensions of themselves by Promises of Heaven and by Threats [of] Damnation, to establish themselves in oppulence, Indolence and Magnificence, at the Expence of the Toil, and Industry, the Limbs, the Liberties and Lives of all the rest of Mankind.
Aware of this usurping and encroaching Nature of Power, our Constitution, has laid for its Basis, this Principle that, all such unnatural Powers, as those of Arms and those of Confessions and Absolution for sin, should always bow to the civil orders that Constitute the State.—Nor is this the only Precaution she has taken. She has been as sensible of the Danger from civil as from military or casuistical Power, and has wisely provided against all.
No simple Form of Government, can possibly secure Men against the Violences of Power. Simple Monarchy will soon mould itself into Despotism, Aristocracy will soon commence an Oligarchy, and Democracy, will soon degenerate into an Anarchy, such an Anarchy that every Man will do what is right in his own Eyes, and no Mans life or Property or Reputation or Liberty will be secure and every one of these will soon mould itself into a system of subordination of all the moral Virtues, and Intellectual Abilities, all the Powers of Wealth, Beauty, Wit, and Science, to the wanton Pleasures, the capricious Will, and the execrable Cruelty of one or a very few;” – Common Core perpetrated on every single man, woman, and child/ Posterity - Heritage, American in our Nation; And ......all 192 Nations of the UDHR-NGO-socialist-communist since its inception-UN / EU Empire System of iniquity and injustice – No God in Christ, No Truth-Wisdom-Knowledge for Trust, Faith in Promise.

>Acceptance of the terms of the social contract is effected through, and based upon, a restricted form of the social contract called the Filial Contract, between parents and their children, in which the parents agree to be good parents and the children agree to be good children and to grow into good adults and members of society. As persons grow, they extend the social contract to others they encounter. [[The Second Greatest Command of God taught by His Son, Jesus, among all the parables – many of which are the forms of Truth, Trust, Promise; because God made man in Truth-Wisdom-Knowledge, a Person is assumed to be good-honest with Rights which are reciprocated as One Person, alone First, then in his “reputation, religious obligations” in all roles of his accountability for supreme rule of action/ Will - Holy Ghost the left side of the Holy Living Trinity]] thus,

>The Social Contract is transitive, so that it extends to and includes not only those with whom one is in direct contact, but all those with whom those one is in direct contact with are bound to by the Social Contract as well, and therefore by recursion to all those persons who are members of the society, even if one has never met them. [[The Declaration’s separate and equal station of, by, and for Justice in all Life; Matt. 5's:
Jesus instructing purpose of Person in social contract: “Never imagine I have come to destroy the Law or the prophets; I have not come to destroy but to fulfil. (I tell you truly, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota,’ ι ‘,   not a comma, will pass from the Law until it is all in force. Therefore,
whoever relaxes a single one of these commands [[He has just finished The Sermon on the Mount]], were it even one of the least, and teaches [[arbitrary rules of conduct-force devoid reciprocation of just, right, good]] men so, he will be ranked least in the Realm of heaven; but whoever obeys them and teaches them [[“Abide by my words and YOU really will be disciples of mine. YOU Will Understand the Truth, and the Truth Will Set You Free”–John 8 - Freedom Is Truth, Trust, Promise]], he will be ranked great in the Realm of heaven...”. ]]
from “Declaration of Constitutional Principles
Whereas, during the course of history usurpers have attempted to misconstrue certain principles of constitutional republican government for their own ends, and that the original language of the Constitution for the United States did not anticipate all the ways it might be misinterpreted, we hereby set forth some of those principles with greater clarity, using more modern language:....” can be read and take your Will in  ‘supreme rule of action’ to stand and protect, at The Constitution Society’s http://www.constitution.org/consprin.htm .
I have added the Connections to the Laws, lessons, instructions, warnings, commands, enforcement....and consequences of disobedience.... from the other Two Sacred Documents, for the ‘Principles’ are written during the generations of person’s indoctrinated disguised as State and Federal Education, but since January 20, 2009, officially among a very few States-CA a leader of “blind guides of the blind falling into the pit together”(Matt.15) pure, unadulterated brainwashing.   the heat of the devil’s fire the great terrible, tragic - falsehood of collective people church never to mingle with collective people state!
 Continue available, Sundays after 3 pm....

The difference between “Human”/UDHR and “Person”/ our Republic under God is important:
[“HU'MAN, adjective [Latin humanus; Heb. form, species.]  1. Belonging to man or mankind; pertaining or relating to the race of man; as a human voice; human shape; human nature; human knowledge; human life.[[earthly-corporal]]      2. Having the qualities of a man.      3. Profane; not sacred or divine; as a human author. [[In 1828]] [Not in use.]  

PERSON, noun per'sn. [Latin persona; said to be compounded of per, through or by, and sonus, sound; a Latin word signifying primarily a mask used by actors on the state.]
1. An individual human being consisting of body and soul. We apply the word to living beings only, possessed of a rational nature; the body when dead is not called a person It is applied alike to a man, woman or child.  A person is a thinking intelligent being.
2. A man, woman or child, considered as opposed to things, or distinct from them.  A zeal for persons is far more easy to be perverted, than a zeal for things.
3. A human being, considered with respect to the living body or corporeal existence only. The form of her person is elegant.  You'll find her person difficult to gain.    The rebels maintained the fight for a small time, and for their persons showed no want of courage.
4. A human being, indefinitely; one; a man. Let a person's attainments be never so great, he should remember he is frail and imperfect.
5. A human being represented in dialogue, fiction, or on the state; character. A player appears in the person of king Lear.  These tables, Cicero pronounced under the person of Crassus, were of more use and authority than all the books of the philosophers.
6. Character of office.  How different is the same man from himself, as he sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a friend.
7. In grammar, the nominative to a verb; the agent that performs or the patient that suffers any thing affirmed by a verb; as, I write; he is smitten; she is beloved; the rain descends in torrents. I, thou or you, he, she or it, are called the first, second and third persons. Hence we apply the word person to the termination or modified form of the verb used in connection with the persons; as the first or the third person of the verb; the verb is in the second person
8. In law, an artificial person is a corporation or body politic.’]

In person by one's self; with bodily presence; not be representative.

The king in person visits all around.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy...

"...from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."-- Thomas Paine, 12/23/1791

"George W. Bush talks about painting and Jeb’s 2016 possibilities"  11/10/14 10:38 AM, By Jane C. Timm at http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/george-w-bush-talks-about-painting-and-jebs-2016-possibilities?CID=sm_FB

Just listened to President Bush at MSNBC and was reminded of the speech below; and of his love and respect of his brother, who This American of God and Nation First, who, this American Hopes ---does run, but not the elimination, 'sporting' event of who has the 'most money' absent IBD's Ten Secrets to Success (at http://www.stuartlevine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Investors-Business-Daily.pdf ); and absent the see/ perceive and listen/ understand of  Love of God and Nation of Pres. Bush --- who, please notice, does know who the enemy within is, but also knows "..But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven: He makes His sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. For if you love only those who lover you, what reward do you get for that? do not the very taxpayers [extortionists and  Roman-government-plunderers] do as much?"-- Matt. 5.   You will see his prophesy is true...though you may or may not recognize it, for so many of you are completely lost in your human precept's arbitrary 'Personality" devoid the contents of the One Law within the Laws of the Three Sacred Documents....Here is "LIB'ERTY, noun [Latin libertas, from liber, free.] :  

1. Freedom from restraint, in a general sense, and applicable to the body, or to the will or mind. The body is at liberty when not confined; the will or mind is at liberty when not checked or controlled. A man enjoys liberty when no physical force operates to restrain his actions or volitions.
3. Civil liberty is the liberty of men in a state of society, or natural liberty so far only abridged and restrained, as is necessary and expedient for the safety and interest of the society, state or nation. A restraint of natural liberty not necessary or expedient for the public, is tyranny or oppression. civil liberty is an exemption from the arbitrary will of others, which exemption is secured by established laws, which restrain every man from injuring or controlling another. Hence the restraints of law are essential to civil liberty
The liberty of one depends not so much on the removal of all restraint from him, as on the due restraint upon the liberty of others.
In this sentence, the latter word liberty denotes natural liberty
4. Political liberty is sometimes used as synonymous with civil liberty But it more properly designates the liberty of a nation, the freedom of a nation or state from all unjust abridgment of its rights and independence by another nation. Hence we often speak of the political liberties of Europe, or the nations of Europe.
5. Religious liberty is the free right of adopting and enjoying opinions on religious subjects, and of worshiping the Supreme Being according to the dictates of conscience, without external control.
6. liberty in metaphysics, as opposed to necessity, is the power of an agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, by which either is preferred to the other.
Freedom of the will; exemption from compulsion or restraint in willing or volition.
7. Privilege; exemption; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; with a plural. Thus we speak of the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
8. Leave; permission granted. The witness obtained liberty to leave the court.
9. A space in which one is permitted to pass without restraint, and beyond which he may not lawfully pass; with a plural; as the liberties of a prison.
10. Freedom of action or speech beyond the ordinary bounds of civility or decorum. Females should repel all improper liberties.
To take the liberty to do or say any thing, to use freedom not specially granted.
To set at liberty to deliver from confinement; to release from restraint.
To be at liberty to be free from restraint.
Liberty of the press, is freedom from any restriction on the power to publish books; the free power of publishing what one pleases, subject only to punishment for abusing the privilege, or publishing what is mischievous to the public or injurious to individuals; with among our Founder's:
"Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world. Justly understood it is sacred next to those which we appropriate in divine adoration; but in the mouths of some it means any 'thing'....." Oliver Ellsworth;
America has set the example..of charters of power granted by liberty. This revolution in the practice of the world, may, with an honest praise, be pronounced the most triumphant epoch of its history, and the most consoling presage of its happiness." James Madison, essay in The national Gazette, January 18, 1792:

2. Natural liberty consists in the power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, except from the laws of nature. It is a state of exemption from the control of others, and from positive laws and the institutions of social life. This liberty is abridged by the establishment of government."

 "In Europe, charters of liberty have been granted by power. America has set the example...of charters of power granted by liberty. This revolution is the practice of the world, may, with an honest praise, be pronounced the most triumphant epoch of its history, and the most consoling presage of its happiness." James Madison, essay in The National Gazette, 01/18/1792   

  George W. Bush

Fighting Terror in 2008 & Beyond: Address in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada 

January 31, 2008

Thanks for the warm welcome. Thank you. So what Ranson didn't tell you is he believes in free speech, and that's what I'm here to give. (Laughter.) I appreciate the invitation. (Laughter.)

Sharon, thank you very much, as well. I'm honored to be here with the Governor. Governor -- the Governor has been a friend of mine for a long time. We served together in Washington. He came back to Nevada -- (laughter) -- to serve the great state. (Applause.) As my wife said, when you get over there don't mispronounce it again. (Laughter.) I learned my lesson. But Governor, thank you for being here. I appreciate all the state and local officials who are here, and I want to thank you for giving me a chance to come by and share some thoughts about the world in which we live.

I do appreciate very much your advocacy of open markets, ownership. I believe the ownership society is necessary for a hopeful America. We want people owning their homes. We want people owning and managing their own health care accounts. We want people managing their pension plans. We ought to trust people. And at my State of the Union, one of the themes at the State of the Union was that government ought to trust people and empower them to make their own decisions about their future. And this Institute does that, and I appreciate it very much. I thank you for being on the forefront of good, optimistic thought.

The world in which we live is a dangerous world, but a world full of great opportunity. We're involved in an ideological struggle -- the likes of which we have seen before in our history. It's an ideological struggle between those of us who love freedom and human rights and human dignity, and those who want to impose their dark vision on how people should live their lives. This is a -- not a political conflict -- I mean, a religious conflict. And I'll tell you why: because one of the tactics, and the main tactic of those enemies of freedom, is to murder the innocent to achieve their objectives. Religious people do not murder the innocent. (Applause.)

And so we're facing this ideological struggle of people who use asymmetrical warfare. What distinguishes this ideological struggle from previous ideological struggles -- those with -- against fascism or communism, is that in this war, individuals use weapons to kill innocent people -- car bombs and suicide vests. And they do so to frighten the West. They do so to create chaos and confusion. They do so with the aim of creating vacuums into which their hateful ideology can flow. And that's why you see the September 11th attacks, in London, in Madrid, in Jordan -- attacks around the world. Some will say these are just isolated moments of -- where all we need is a good, strong law enforcement response. I think they're all part of an ideological struggle.

And the interesting development that is taking place in the beginnings here of the 21st century is, the freedom movement is on the march. I'm not surprised, and you shouldn't be either. I believe there is an Almighty. I believe the gift of that Almighty to every man, woman and child is freedom. I believe that people, if given a chance, will always go to freedom -- and that's what you're beginning to see. (Applause.)

And yet every time freedom tries to advance, these ideologues murder innocent people -- in Afghanistan, in Iraq, in Lebanon, in Israel, in Palestine. People who can't stand the thought of free societies unleash their hatred by killing innocent people. And the great challenge facing America and the world is, one, will we recognize the challenge? Do we understand the consequences of success and failure? And will the United States be bold and stay in the lead? And my answer is, we have been, we will continue to be, and we must be engaged in making sure we lay the foundation of peace for the sake of our children and grandchildren. (Applause.)

We will prevail. We will prevail in this ideological struggle because liberty is powerful. Liberty is hopeful. The enemy we face can only convince people to join their cause is when they find hopelessness. And so our strategy is threefold: one, protect the homeland; two, stay on the offense against these folks; and three, provide an alternative -- a hopeful alternative to despair and doubt and hopelessness.

So today I want to spend some time on the strategy. The first -- our most important job in government -- whether it be the federal government, state government, or local government -- is to protect you. And remember the lessons of September the 11th: that oceans cannot protect us, that we face cold-blooded killers who, in our case, resorted to mass murder to send a message. We've got -- you know, thankfully there hasn't been an attack on our homeland since then. That's not for the lack of effort by these evil people.

I hope you take heart in knowing there are a lot of really fine people working long, long hours to get the best information possible to protect the homeland. There's a -- unbelievably dedicated folks. And as I said in the State of the Union the other night, we owe these folks a debt of gratitude. And we owe them more -- we owe them the tools necessary to protect the American people.

And one such tool in this different kind of war is to fully understand the intentions, the motives, the plans of people who use suicide and bombs to kill the innocent. If these terrorists and extremists are making phone calls into our country, we need to know why they're calling, what they're thinking, and what they're planning. In order to protect the American people, our professionals need to have the tools necessary to do their job you expect them to do. And one such tool is a surveillance program that guarantees the rights of our citizens, but doesn't extend those same guarantees to those who would do us harm. (Applause.)

Congress passed such a bill last year. They recognized that this tool was important to protect America. And yet, unfortunately, the bill they passed is set to expire tomorrow -- or was set to expire tomorrow. Now, it's an interesting train of logic, isn't it? The tool was necessary six months ago, and yet it was set to expire as if the threat to our country was set to expire. But it's not. There's still ongoing threats.

I will sign today, here in Las Vegas, an extension, 15-day extension to the Protect America Act. This will give people and Congress time to pass a good piece of legislation that makes sure that our professionals have the tools necessary to do their job, and provides liability protection to carriers who it is assumed helped us in protecting the American people. This Protect America Act and its strengthening is essential to the security of the United States of America. I will sign the extension, but I expect members from both political parties to get this work done so our professionals can protect the American people. (Applause.)

The second part of our strategy is to stay on the offense against these folks -- I mean every day stay on the offense; an unrelenting effort to find them and bring them to justice. It's hard to plot, plan and attack America if you're running and hiding. It's hard to recruit if you're cutting off money. It is hard to spread your poison if other reasonable people join the cause. And so we spend a lot of time doing everything we can to keep the pressure on these folks. And we got some good people working it.

I repeat to you, I know there's some good folks who think this is just simply a law enforcement matter. It is not. This is an effort that requires all assets of the United States, and requires coalitions working together. I mean, we need to be sharing intelligence. We need our military on the hunt. We need to be working with allies to keep the pressure on them, and that's exactly what we're doing. America must not relent. If our most important job is to protect the American people, we have got to stay on the offense, and defeat the enemy overseas so we do not have to face them here at home. (Applause.)

The third part of our strategy is to spread liberty. I love to tell folks that one of the most unique relationships I had as your President was with the Prime Minister of Japan, Prime Minister Koizumi. He's no longer the Prime Minister, but for a good period of time during my presidency, he was. You might remember, he's the fellow that Laura and I took to Elvis' place in Memphis. (Laughter.) He loved Elvis, and he wanted to go to Elvis' place. (Laughter.) And it was a -- we had a -- it was a remarkable experience. (Laughter.)

Even more remarkable was the fact that the United States had no stronger ally in defeating terror, no stronger ally than understanding the power of freedom to be transformative. I say "no stronger ally" -- Tony Blair was strong; there was a lot. But so was Prime Minister Koizumi. What's ironic about that is that my dad fought the Japanese. Many of your relatives fought the Japanese. They were the sworn enemy of the United States of America. There was unbelievable hatred in our culture toward the Japanese. After all, they attacked us -- the second largest attack on American soil; the first being that on September the 11th, 2001.

And yet 60 years later, the son of a Navy fighter pilot was sitting at the table with the Prime Minister of the former enemy, strategizing on how to win this ideological war. I find it ironic. The summary I've come away with is that liberty is transformative. People want to be free and, if given the chance, will be free, do the hard work necessary to be free. And liberty has got the capacity to transform an enemy to an ally.

And therefore we ought to have confidence in liberty's power to bring the peace we want, and not shy away from helping people realize the great blessings of freedom. We've got to be confident in the transformative powers of liberty, recognizing that deep in everybody's soul is the desire to be free. I recognize that is a -- there are some in the world who dismiss the capacity of liberty to take hold in parts of the world. There used to be a foreign policy that advocated stability as the cornerstone of our policy. But stability just masks the hopelessness that seethed beneath the surface. If you believe this is an ideological struggle like I do, then it's paramount to help people realize a different ideology than that of the enemy. And that's what you're seeing unfold.

And the two most evident places that that's happening right now is in Afghanistan and Iraq. Both those countries are part of the war on terror. These aren't separate, you know, wars; they're part of the same war; different theaters, certainly different circumstances, but the outcome is essential for our security. So I want to spend a little time on Afghanistan and a little time on Iraq.

In Afghanistan -- the interesting lesson on Afghanistan for the world to see is that how the vision of the enemy would be implemented -- in other words, these poor folks had the Taliban as their oppressors. The Taliban also, as you might remember, provided safe haven to those who came and attacked us. But if you lived in Afghanistan in those days and were a mom of a child -- particularly a female child -- you had no hope. These thugs didn't believe in freedoms, they didn't believe in women having equal status, they didn't believe young girls should be educated. And if you dared express your opinion that didn't mesh with theirs, you'd be whipped in the public square or killed. These are brutal people. That's the vision that these folks have for the world. That's what they want. Some Americans probably just missed that and say, oh, that's just a pipe dream, pie in the sky on their part.

I think the United States needs to take that vision seriously. I think it's in our interest to liberate people. I think it's in our interest that when we find human suffering we help deal with it. (Applause.) In Afghanistan I am proud to report that the United States of America, thanks to a brave military, liberated 25 million people and gave them a chance to realize the blessings of liberty. Since liberation from the Taliban and since al Qaeda was routed out of that country, where they no longer had safe havens to plot and plan an attack, the people of Afghanistan voted for a President; they voted for a parliament; girls now go to school; highways are being built; health clinics are being constructed around the country.

Is it a perfect government? No, but neither were we. I would remind our fellow citizens that we believed all men were created equal and for a hundred years had slaves. Afghanistan is working on their -- on democracy. And it's hard work. It's not easy. It doesn't happen overnight. But it's in our interest to help them. It's in our interest to help them because we believe that liberty is transformative. And a part of the world that was once a safe haven for an enemy that attacked us will be a more hopeful place when freedom takes hold.

The other night to the nation I said, we're sending 3,200 Marines in to supplement our troops there. And the reason why is because this enemy is relentless in trying to overthrow this democracy, and it's in our interest to stop them. See, we've got to do the hard work now to make sure that a future generation of Americans can grow up in peace.

Iraq. The decision to remove Saddam Hussein was the right decision. The world is better off without Saddam Hussein in power. (Applause.) And so are the Iraqi people. There has been some interesting progress in Iraq. They wrote a constitution. They voted. Imagine a society going from a brutal tyrant to being able to vote in a short period of time.

And yet the enemy -- in this case, al Qaeda, as well as militia, militia fighters, some sponsored by Iran, some of them just pure criminals -- resented the fact that freedom was moving, and in early 2006 began a campaign, and they were looking like they were successful. There was unspeakable violence, and I was concerned about it. I was concerned about it because I understand the consequences of failure for our peace, for the future peace for our children.

I had to make a tough decision. And the decision I made was based on the considered judgment of military people, considered judgment of a lot of folks who were following Iraq. It was not based upon any Gallup poll or focus group. It was based upon what was right for the future of the United States, and that is, as opposed to pulling troops out, send more in. (Applause.) And we went in with a counterinsurgency strategy, all aimed at, of course, helping the Iraqis stand up and do the hard work necessary, but in the meantime making sure that when the enemy was cleaned out of neighborhoods, there was somebody there to provide security for the folks.

Our surge, by the way, was more than just military. We surged diplomats and public service officials, provincial reconstruction teams to make sure that in neighborhoods where an enemy had been routed -- and we have folks there, along with the Iraqis, to provide security -- that there was also a opportunity to improve life for the average citizen. The Iraqis surged. They created 100,000 new soldiers and police. But curiously enough, and I don't know whether a lot of our citizens understand this, 80,000 local citizens stepped up and said, we want to help patrol our own neighborhoods; we're sick and tired of violence and extremists.

I'm not surprised that that happens. I believe Iraqi moms want the same thing that American moms want, and that is for their children to grow up in peace. That's what I believe. (Applause.) I don't believe that people welcome violence. They got sick of it. People want to be free. People want to live in peace, whether you're Methodist or Muslim, whether you're American or Iraqi. And what you're watching play out now is that -- folks are becoming more confident in their capacity to self-govern. They're becoming confident that if they step up and expose these extremists or push these extremists out of their neighborhood, there will be enough muscle to help them.

The surge is working. I know some don't want to admit that, and I understand. But the terrorists understand the surge is working. Al Qaeda knows the surge is working. They thought they could live safely in Anbar province. This was the place from which they were going to launch attacks throughout Iraq and throughout the Middle East. This is a place where they proudly proclaimed, this is our safe haven. They no longer have a safe haven in Anbar province; they're on the run. We're going to keep them on the run, and it's in our interests for our own security to keep them on the run. (Applause.)

As a result of our successes, some of our troops are coming home. A Marine expeditionary unit and one Army brigade came home in December. It's not going back. I don't know whether my fellow citizens understand that or not. We surged, we accomplished missions, the Iraqis are more capable. The commanders on the ground say that now we can do the same job with less troops. So folks came home for Christmas. It is anticipated that five more Army brigades and two Marine battalions will be coming home by July.* That's over 20,000 troops will be coming home -- (applause) -- because we've been successful, that's why.

You know, a lot of folks say, well, what's next, Mr. President? And my answer is, we have come too far in this important theater in this war on terror not to make sure that we succeed. And therefore any further troop reductions will be based upon commanders and conditions. Iraq is important for our security. I will be making decisions based upon success in Iraq. The temptation, of course, is for people to say, well, make sure you do the politically right thing. That's not my nature. That's not exactly what we're going to do. (Applause.)

The fundamental question is whether or not democracy can take hold. In other words, the security situation is improving, and therefore will there be efforts by the Iraqi people to seize the moment? Reconciliation is taking place at the local level. People -- as I told you, the basic instinct of people is to want to live in peace, and one way you do that is you put this horrible past as best you can behind you, and look forward.

So the two things I look for are: one, economic development -- you know, a good economy will lead to a more hopeful future, therefore causing people to be more likely to reconcile; and politics. On the economic front, the interesting thing about Iraq, as opposed to Afghanistan, is that they've got assets and a lot of money. And we, of course, want to help them build the ministries and the bureaucracies necessary to make sure that money gets spent on people. I know that may sound counterintuitive to you, but governments do need the capacity to take a budget and distribute monies throughout the country in an equitable basis in order for people to say, well, this experience in democracy is worthwhile. I just want to make sure the bureaucracy doesn't get too big when you do it. (Applause.)

And so we -- you know, we chart business startups and markets. And all I can tell you is I talk to our ambassador and General Petraeus on a weekly basis, and they report that markets that were once shut down in dismal places as a result of attacks are beginning to come back and flourish, and life is improving dramatically. Baghdad -- the capital of Baghdad is -- which was once subject to unbelievable sectarian violence, is improving, and life is returning -- and that's positive.

So we watched a lot about the inflation rates and unemployment rates -- and they're doing pretty well, they really are, given the fact that they've come from a tyrannical regime that let the infrastructure of the country fall apart.

The other question is politics. One of the lessons of democracy is, a lot of times what happens at the local level informs people at the central government level. And competition is pretty healthy in a democracy. As I told you, the local folks are reconciling; they're getting along better, they understand they have a common future. And the people in Baghdad are beginning to respond. They pass budgets. They're now arguing about their 2008 budget. I'm not sure which government does their budget work better -- ours or theirs. (Laughter.) I can tell you this: We definitely have an issue with earmarks. (Laughter.) I don't know if they do yet or not. (Laughter.)

And by the way, I'm going to do something about earmarks. I signed an executive order the other day, basically saying if you slip these -- slip this spending into bills that don't get debated or voted on, we're not going to spend your money. And this executive order will -- (applause.) Let me rephrase that: The money will be spent, but just not on those projects necessarily. (Laughter.) Not on those projects necessarily. And this executive order goes beyond my presidency.

But they passed budgets. They're sharing oil revenues. They need to pass a law codifying the oil issue there, but they are sharing oil revenues. They've got revenues, namely from oil, and they're distributing those revenues to the provinces. They passed a pension law and a de-Baathification law, which basically is a part of reconciling with the past. They're now in the process of debating a provincial powers law.

And what's important about that is the -- there's a constant debate in free societies -- at least in our free society -- about the relationship between the federal government and state governments. The Governor is most interested in that debate. (Laughter.) We believe to the best extent possible that we ought to devolve power. Of course, we even take it -- this group here, including me -- takes it a step further. We devolve power not only in local government, but more importantly to the individuals, which help define the political landscape of those state and locals. (Applause.)

But this debate is now ongoing in Iraq. Isn't it interesting? I know four years seems like an eternity, particularly in this world of instant news and 24-hour whatever on TV. But it's -- but Saddam is removed -- and now a government elected by the people, debating the proper role between central government and provincial government. And that's an important debate. And it's ongoing in the council of representatives now, and we anticipate them passing that bill.

What I'm telling you is you're watching a democracy evolve. You're watching people become more confident in their ability to self-govern. And it's important that we help them. It's important we help them for our own security, and it's important that we help them as a part of this freedom movement. People have said, freedom can't take hold in the Middle East. I strongly disagree. I believe freedom will take hold in the Middle East, and Iraq is an essential part of this strategy. We will succeed in Iraq. (Applause.) We will succeed because the Iraqi people want to succeed. And it's in our interest to help them. Success in Iraq will show the world that freedom can take root in the Middle East and inspire others. Success in Iraq will mean that we'll have an ally in this struggle against extremists in the heart of the Middle East.

Success in Iraq will send an interesting message to its neighbor, Iran. Failure in Iraq would cause people to doubt the sincerity of the United States when it comes to keeping commitments [a.k.a, Truth in Trust, Faith in Promise] Failure in Iraq would embolden the extremists. Failure in Iraq would say to thugs and killers, the United States is a paper tiger. Failure in Iraq would embolden other extremists in the Middle East. Failure in Iraq would embolden Iran. It's in our strategic interests that we succeed. And we will succeed. We have done this kind of work together.

I said in my speech the other day that it is vital for this generation to do the hard work. It is vital for this generation to assume the responsibilities of peace and take the lead, so that when we look back 30 to 40 years from now people will say, thank goodness America didn't lose faith with liberty. Thank goodness they didn't abandon a value system that they believe is universal. And I believe an American President will be sitting down with elected from the Middle East saying the same thing to audiences in Nevada that I said about Prime Minister Koizumi. (Applause.)

I hope that you are inspired by the fact that people are willing to take risks for freedom. I hope these examples of Iraqi citizens who step forward to protect their neighborhoods and their families and children inspire you. They certainly inspire me. I hope you're inspired by political figures who defy killers. They inspire me. And I hope you're inspired by our military.

I want to tell you an interesting story. When I was in Reno, I met a guy -- a family named the Krissoff family. They had lost a son in Iraq. He was a Marine. And one of my duties is to meet with the families of the fallen. I did so last night in Northern California. It's an inspiring experience, by the way. It is a -- you know, in many ways the comforter becomes comforted by the spirit of these -- and pride of these families.

And so I met the Krissoffs. Mr. Krissoff is a 60-year-old guy -- I shouldn't be calling him "mister" because I'm a little older than he is -- (laughter) -- but he's a baby-boomer just like me, and a successful doctor. He said something very interesting to me. He said that he wanted to honor his country and honor his son by joining the military. I looked at the guy and said, yes, okay. (Laughter.) I said, why don't you? He said, well, some of the folks think I'm a little old. (Laughter.) I said, I don't -- with him being a younger fella. (Laughter.) So I helped him.

And in Laura's box at the State of the Union sat Lieutenant Commander Bill Krissoff, serving the United States of America.

Ours is a fabulous country. We are a dedicated, compassionate people, aiming to lay the foundation of peace for generations to come. I told you early, some see the world and tremble. I see the world and see opportunities. And the great opportunity before us is to lay the foundation of peace, and that is exactly what we're doing. God bless. (Applause.)

Thank you all. Okay, I got a little bit of business to do. If you don't mind sitting down for just a second, I am now going to sign this 15-day extension to give members of the House and the Senate time to get this bill to my desk for the sake of our security, and thank you for witnessing this. (Applause.)

(The bill was signed.)

Thank you all very much. God bless. (Applause.)