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Liberty has an ephemeral quality because in the American tradition it is a gift from providence, not something made by man that is given to men.

Liberty is practiced in America as faith through its preservation and expansion. It exists in a state of growth or retraction. MLK talked about this during dark and hopeless days when he said the moral arc of the universe, though long, bends towards justice.

It has bent towards freedom in America in indisputable and myriad ways, but there have been many long, dark nights when liberty has been met with deep hostility by many people in our land. Those people have not prevailed in our past. Of course, this is not to say they weren’t simply the preface for their progeny’s ultimate success. Liberty is not genetic. It is not an entitlement. It is an assertion and declaration. Always.