• These are a continuation of notes from a presentation offered by Utah County Liberty Forum. The organization is part of the eagle forum. The speaker was Steve R. Christiansen is a state fep for district 47. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker.

Patriotism:

• The love our native lands strengths our induvial and national character: alexander Hamilton
• Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must be like men under the fatigue of supporting it.’ Thomas pain.
• Kneeling during the national anthem,
• 45% are extremely proud to be American. From 70% in 2003.

Protection of unalienable rights:

• Comes from God.
• Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must do so by subduing the freedom of speech.
• Oppressors can tyrannize only when they achieve a standing army, an enslaved press, and a disarmed populace,” James Madison/
• New requirement of who can be in military. If the fall into the category of esteem patristic.
• Big tech oligarchs are all too working to carry out the left’s bidding
• President Biden recent executive order regarding gun control \the equality act
• The past summer’s riots.

The rule of law:

• The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserver and enlarge freedom. For in all states of created being capable of law, where there is no law there is no freedom” john loke
• You cannot undermine police authority and complain about rising crime” Thomas Paine.
• The summer riots (30 deaths, 1-2billin in destructions
• Violent crimes increase 33% in 2020
• The humanitarian crises on the southern border.

Capitalism / free market system

• “A people… who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantage may achieve almost anything.” George Washington
• A wise and frugal government… she restrains men from inuring one another; she will leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor….

Free and Fair elections

• Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offered his vote that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which is accountable to God and his country.” Samuel Adams. Providence has given our people the choice of their rulers.’ john jay
• We’ve just experienced the most fraudulent presidential election of history.
• See the 3-part report by peter Navarro.
• See absolute proof by Michael J Lindell.
• Science proof by Michael J Lindell.

All men are created equal:

• Our founders established a lofty ideal (all men are created equal”) in declaration of independence.
• We’re progressing toward those ideas, giving leadership to the world
• The left is seeking to divide our country by rewriting our history (via critical race theory and the 1619 project.)
• Ibam X dendi said, “The only remedy to past discriminations is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.” this is the doctrine that critical race theory is based on.
• Nikole Hannah-Jones the creator of the 1619 project said ‘I don’t care about what’s accurate; I am trying to change the narrative.” –that does not work with history.
• Check out Aman in the high castle by Phillip dick audible Netflix.
• The freedom factor john Lund fiction

A word of warning:

• Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson
• Those rights our funding father fought to achieve are the very same rights we must fight to preserve.

Some likely solutions

• The power of one
• The power of education
• There is power of persistence
• The power of a moral people
• The power of reverence for our country and those who sacrifice for it.
• The power of electing principled people to led (and hold them accountable)
• Finely, the power of speaking up.