{"id":1015,"date":"2016-01-08T18:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T18:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resedblog.wpengine.com\/?p=1015"},"modified":"2021-03-25T15:24:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T15:24:41","slug":"founders-classical-academy-holds-bill-of-rights-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/responsiveed.com\/responsiveed-blog\/2016\/01\/08\/founders-classical-academy-holds-bill-of-rights-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders Classical Academy Holds Bill of Rights Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"

S<\/span>peaking to classmates, parents and the community on December 14 at Founder Classical Academy in Lewisville at the school\u2019s annual Bill of Rights Colloquium, junior Kerighan Wheeler introduced the vital role of the Bill of Rights in protecting the liberty and rights of citizens. She urged her community to take seriously their role in government and the need to educate themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn\u2019t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,\u2019\u201d Kerighan quoted Ronald Regan.<\/p>\n

Highlighting that alone neither the Bill of Rights nor citizens can maintain liberty, she concluded freedom from tyranny is a tenuous balance that requires constant vigilance.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only in the constant effort to maintain the balance between security and liberty that we are free from tyranny,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Two-hundred members of the school and local community joined Dr. David Bobb the president of the Bill of Rights Institute, Dr. Nathan Schlueter from Hillsdale College at the colloquium. The Scholars both spoke about the founders’ understanding of the relationship between morality, religion and self-government and how it is often understood today.<\/p>\n

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