I would call that a ringing endorsement of unity. We must replace cancel culture with ‘forgiveness culture’.Unity starts with listening to the other side.It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad of your safety of your prosperity of that very liberty which you so highly prize.” “The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. He knew, long before Lincoln, that the unity of the union was freedom’s last best hope on earth. Washington had seen division, amongst the troops he was charged to lead, between the delegates in the constitutional convention and across the self-interested states of the fledgling nation. It is worth exploring the case for unity laid out by the first president of the United States. He challenged the citizens to speak of national unity as “the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity.”Ī palladium is “something that affords effectual defense, protection and safety.” Could national unity actually provide an effectual defense, protection and safety to individual liberty and prosperity? In his farewell address to the nation, President George Washington spent considerable time on the subject of unity. Those who suggest such a path don’t understand what unity is, what it means or why it is central to the continuation of liberty and freedom. Some have suggested we should stop pretending unity is possible and accept deep division as part of a new national norm. There is, however, a whisper, from a voice familiar, that can be heard down through the ages that unity is actually the key to both political safety and personal prosperity for the people of America. Calls for unity can be difficult to discern and can ring hollow when surrounded by the loud bluster of partisan attacks or overwhelmed by the angry and angst-filled cries of political opponents.
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