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March 05, 2005

Our Founders were children of the Age of Enlightenment ...

Our Founders were children of the Age of Enlightenment, believing in the ultimate goodness of man and endeavoring to bring forth on earth a system that attested to and gave power to that faith. For us to find our inherent goodness, and express it, is our highest calling. A transcendent politics recognizes the inherent goodness of the average citizen as the crown jewel of American democracy.

from The Healing of America

Posted by mwblog at March 5, 2005 09:18 AM