This quote should probably be read in its entirety within context. Our country is so far removed from what it was 205 yrs ago that no one could have predicted the needs of our country today. For example, ". . . shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned . . ." No one could have predicted the power and control of corporations over our democracy today. Corporations take more and more from labor every day. Jefferson could never have imagined today's reality in his wildest dreams.

This doesn't make sense. Being "little less sane" and "a little more aware" are mutually exclusive. Our problems today are caused by people lacking pragmatic judgement and who are generally a little insane and therefore unable to face reality.

Robert Welch was a crackpot who didn't understand that some people care only about their own selfish interests and to hell with everyone else. That's what happened in the South with regard to civil rights for Blacks. We needed govt to ensure that the rights of Black Americans were enforced over the objections of people like Bull Connor and members of the KKK. And, as Maggie said above, total freedom would give one person the "right" to destroy the environment at the expense of everyone else. Ptui!