Full Transcript of Schoenberg’s remarks from the February LPQC meeting:
America has many Founding Fathers. Many advocated liberty while owning slaves. Today, we will discuss four presidential Founding Fathers, imperfect as they were, who advanced the cause of liberty. They created a new nation, the United States of America, based upon that concept. These Founding Fathers had aspirations that the USA would become a city on a hill to serve as a shining example of liberty as we Americans all strive to perfect their vision of freedom for all.
I am doing these four presidential Founding Fathers not in the order that they were president but how they contributed to the chronological creation of liberty as if they were involved in building a house: John Adams served as the “architect,” providing the vision and organizing efforts; George Washington acted as the “engineer,” establishing leadership principles like civilian supremacy and serving for a limited time; Thomas Jefferson was the “publicist,” articulating the ideals; and James Madison functioned as the “inspector,” ensuring the legal framework was sound throughout the Constitution…Read the rest