Tag: Senator Elissa Slotkin

Undaunted: courageously resolute especially in the face of danger or difficulty: not discouraged. Merriam Webster.com

A Golden Resource for Americans Who Cherish “Little d” Democracy –

The National Constitution Center Town Halls and Podcast

On the website above scroll down to the Founders Library. The Center has all the key writings by the Founders to understand how this country is founded in wisdom and scholarship about how to govern so that we can pursue our dreams.

A great book, is Our Ancient Faith, Lincoln, Democracy, and The American Experiment by Allen C. Guelzo, Historian.

According to our ancient faith, Lincoln said in 1854, “the just powers of the governments are derived from the consent of the governed…. Lincoln translated…to mean “that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. I say that is the leading principle—the sheet anchor of American republicanism.” From Our Ancient Faith by Allen C. Guelzo, Chapter 1: The Cause of Human Liberty, p. 26.

Citizens, those who love and cherish the ideals of our democracy, make it a weekly practice to write to your Senators and Representatives and to members of Key Committees. Here is mine today to Senator Elissa Slotkin who is a member of the U. S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee.

We can never know whether what actions we take are heard but I have faith that if millions of freedom loving American write, call, email or visit their Congresspersons, the flame of democracy will never die in America. She may flicker now and then when despots blown in on hot air and untruths, or when we are temporarily fooled, but freedom has its way, always. We must remain undaunted!