THE TASK IS NOT EASY

How could the delegates to the Constitutional Convention plan a more perfect union? They had to keep in mind three things.
First, they had to form a national government in which all the states would work together as a team.
Second, they had to make sure that the government would be a government of and by the people.
Third, they .had to give to everyone the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, which the Declaration of Independence claimed as the basis for the Revolution..

The federal government had to be given authority over national problems; the state governments authority over state problems. At the same time the state and federal governments had to protect the rights of each individual citizen. Within the framework of the Constitution, the national government, state. governments, and individual citizens had to work together, and yet have a system of governing that ensured, as President Lincoln put it, “ a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
So what’s the problem--what's the answer?
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external or internal controls on government would be necessary for framing a government which is to be administered by men over men...”

Again overlooking human nature--as James Madison’s comment points out--would be a mistake. The great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.”
However, we know there are problems with all government–“men are not angels.” History has shown pure democracies, like the Greeks, has the majority always dominating the minority. Even a representative style of government, like the Romans, has the senators buying votes by giving away government projects or dole, and eventually progressing into corrupt authority and lawlessness. The reaction ended with despotic caesars claiming all authority to themselves as gods. This has happened in more modern governments such as the French Revolution of the Russian Revolution.

Our Founding Fathers dealt with the problem of tyranny and tyrants.
As we know, we have the separation of power; executive, judicial, and the legislative.branches operating independently and putting checks on each other. The Congress makes the laws, but is controlled--directly answerable by election, to we the people. But the American people were themselves answerable to an Authority--that 's evident in our Declation of Independence--a higher then man's government or king--that is God.

Is that changing?

Our Government has worked well for over two centuries. In fact it has had excellent results in many areas. The Christian Church in America should have been far more active politically in the past, in preaching equal respect for all people. I believe that is happening now.

I believe we are a country with problems, and it is within our borders. I don’t think it’s changing the structure of our government. We have unbounded freedom which may be lost with bad decisions--including how we vote.
I don’t think it has to do with more laws. Not unless we make our country a police state.
I do think it is the morals we are teaching our children. Morals are values!
What kind of example are we to our children?

America's Declaration of Independence claimed God as the authority over man, and under which authority they acted--do we claim this?
I believe television preaches far more of their values, and has far more influence on America's values than the church.
Whose values-morals are we living under?
Do we even recognize sexual immorality anymore? Do we recognize the value of marriage?

Why are our school children killing each other?

Why have we killed--not thousands, but millions--the most innocent beings in our care?
Why is there so much lawlessness? Our mass transit systems are not safe.
People are stealing the metal railing off of bridges for drug money.

Obviously America is going through a change as the politicians say, but are we changiung our Higher Authority?