Jul 04 2009
Personal Responsibility
On this Independence Day, which some are now naming so aptly Dependence Day, I want to talk about personal responsibility. As in the words of one of our Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, “I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it”. Thomas Jefferson believed in the merits of hard work and the belief that we are the ones that are most responsible for our own lives and not a government forcing others to take responsibility for us. This nation was built on the princples of personal responsibility and we have a Declaration of Independence and Constitution that reflect these values. I find it interesting that last year I also wrote about personal responsibility. Follow the link above. It seems to be a reoccuring subject with me every 4th, but I can’t just sit by and say nothing when I see one of our founding principles trampled on with impunity by those that currently hold power.
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You harp on and on about personal responsibility, but what about our responsibilities to take care of others. This is a collective existance