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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Common-Sense Conservative

A common-sense conservative is a person who, without the benefit of extensive reading, knowledge of history, or sometimes even much thinking, holds mostly conservative ideas on the grounds that conservative ideas mostly make a reasonable amount of sense. Common-sense conservatives, for example, know that it makes no sense for an individual to continually spend more than he takes in; it will lead to disaster. So when they see government continually spend more than it takes in, they don't have any trouble accepting the common conservative position that government shouldn't do that without the gravest of reasons. Other common conservative positions are arrived at with a likewise common-sense approach.

The chief problem with common-sense conservatives is that they can sometimes be bamboozled by some huckster who can make bad ideas sound more plausible than they really are. Their relatively poor grounding in history, and often in Scripture, makes it more difficult for them to pick up on historical and logical errors.

On the other hand, probably the majority of people who consistently vote conservative fall into this category, so they are very valuable, to say the least.
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