STUPEFIED
The Constitution is definitely a sacred document
The Bill of Rights, is the same, no argument
The Constitutional Amendments were put in place
To protect every creed and race
 
The Founding Fathers were very diligent
At the inception of our Government,
Judicial, Congressional and Executive branches were enacted
To prevent Citizens right from being protracted
 
And yes, September 11 was an egregious evil
By fanatics laboring for the devil,
Our Government had to stand up and fight
To enforce what is right
 
But after life, freedom is second and quintessence
A most exceptional and great experience,
So, we should not allow one man to think he is above the law
Because if we do, would freedom, be worth fighting for?

© Sheriff Ali 2006

Author’s Comments
“The liberties we talk about defending today were established by men who took their conception of man from great religious tradition of Western civilization, and liberties we inherit can almost certainly not survive the abandonment of that tradition.” (Walter Lippman). So yes, I am stupefied, because liberty is itself the highest political end and not a means to a higher political end. Thus, is life so dear and peace so sweet to warrant the abandonment of people’s rights? For when liberty becomes a pretext to violate the law, dictatorship is near. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, “Give me liberty, or give me death!” [George W. Bush is the President of the United States, but he is still just a man, and no man should be allowed to violate the “laws of our blessed land.”