E-Newsletter: Wishing You a Wonderful Fourth of July!

Statement

Dear friend,

On July 4, 1776 -- 238 years ago today -- our Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia to sign one of the most important documents in world history, the Declaration of Independence. It was on that day that America was born. It was on that day that four million subjects in 13 colonies fused into one people, the American people. It was on that day that a radical idea was born -- an idea that would inspire generations of Americans and generations of people throughout the world -- "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," and "that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it."

Today, on Independence Day, we celebrate America's Founders and the country they created. We must never think that America's birth, her victory in war, and her survival through today, was a foregone conclusion. Quite the opposite. The odds were against us, right from the start. And even after the Revolutionary War, there were many challenging periods throughout our history -- the Civil War, the Great Depression, the Cold War, and many others -- when the survival of our republic was in grave doubt. Through it all, we have persevered and thrived as a people -- mainly because of the wisdom and the courage of our founding documents. In our darkest times, our Founders, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution have served as an inspiration for every generation, including our own.

Freedom is not the default condition of humankind. Rather, there have been many peoples throughout history who have won their freedom, only to have it vanish away, usually without even noticing it. As Thomas Jefferson pointed out, "The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground."

We cannot allow that to happen in our time. Therefore, we must remain eternally vigilant in defending our Constitutional rights.

Ronald Reagan once said, "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

Today, on America's birthday, let us remember Reagan's wisdom. Let us never forget the wisdom of our Founders. Their cause is still our cause; their fight is still our fight. Let us be worthy of their legacy.

Have a wonderful 4th of July!

Raúl

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