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Originally Posted by Cpalmson
Actually, here's Mr. Madison's words as to the purpose of the U.S. government:
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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This is nonsense. We can all make long lists. Mr Madison needed to employ an editor, I got bored after the first comma. The question is, what is on top of the list? CoG says liberty, I say security, I think in reality we are at the same place.
Everything else is secondary.