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CHAPTER 1 GOD OR GOVERNMENT?
object, then, any system which maximizes power into the hands of a few is
the system to be desired. In terms of government, then, the ultimate form of
power is Communism. This is the seat of the maximum power over the
economy and of the individual. The Conspirators: "want big government
because they understand that Socialism (and Communism as well) is not a
humanitarian system for redistributing wealth, but for concentrating and
controlling it. They also recognize it as a system for concentrating and
controlling people." 3
It is common for detractors of this position to claim that the last thing
that the wealthy of the world want is government control over or ownership
of the factors of production. But, as we shall see, Socialism or Communism
offers the Conspiracy the greatest vehicle for concentrating and controlling
the wealth. This is the ultimate goal of these planners: power over not only
the wealth of the world, but also the producers of that wealth, the people
themselves. So the Conspiracy uses government to get control of the
government, and total government control is their goal.
If government is being used by the Conspiracy to consolidate power into
its hands, it behooves those who wish to preserve their freedoms to under-
stand the very nature and function of government. Once the character of
government is understood, efforts can be directed against the increase in
governmental powers over both the national economy and the lives of its
citizens.
A good place to begin such a study is to examine the two sources claimed
to be the source of human rights. There are only two, presuming that it is
admitted that humans do indeed have rights: either man himself, or someone
or something external to man himself, a Creator.
Many of America's founding fathers were aware of the difference
between these two alternatives. Thomas Jefferson, for instance, stated his
concern and understanding thus: "The God who gave us life gave us liberty.
Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction
that these liberties are the gift of God?"
However, the corresponding alternative explanation argues that our
rights come from government, the creature of man himself. This contention
holds that man creates government to give man his rights.
A stern warning for those who do not distinguish between these two
alternatives came from William Penn. He wrote: "If men will not be
governed by God, they then must be governed by tyrants."
There are four references to a Creator in the Declaration of Independ-
ence, but certain of America's leaders are now asking that God must be
separated from the affairs of the government. If this separation is made, as
Mr. Penn indicated, the people will be governed by tyrants, and future
tyrants will do all that they can to separate a belief in God from the existence
of government.
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