Friday, April 17, 2009: The concept that Greece brought us Liberty and Rome brought us order is a valid one. However, Liberty has always depended upon order. Liberty is Freedom in the personal context in both the economic and political forms. Without order, a political and economic structure in which to exercise Liberty is impossible.
Order, by definition, depends upon the Rule of Law. Order without Law would not be order but the whim of the powerful. The Rule of Law, however, IS NOT independent of human agency. It is human will which must bring forth and create the Law justly and human will that must enforce it. When this willingness to stand for, judge, and enforce the Law subsides, as I believe it is today, "the Rule of Law" becomes a phrase that the cowardly cower under.
Humans must make, judge, and enforce the Law; this is the first and necessary act of civilization. It takes a profound self-awareness, self-confidence and COURAGE to come forth and begin this process. When the Rule of Law is established it pounds chaos into order. That order allows Liberty to grow both political and economically. From these two branches spring forth countless types of societies and economies.
Law and Order are the prerequisite for Civilization.
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