🌹🌷🙏 *Chapter 27* *Faith in Action* - by *Lady Margaret Thatcher* America is the only country founded on liberty. The founding fathers journeyed to America across perilious seas not for subsidies, not not to make a fortune even, but to worship God in their own way - and to perpetuate freedom and justice more widely. They believed in the sanctity of the individual; that each person matters equally, that each of us is accountable to our God for our actions and for the use of our talents. It was that faith, that courage, that infused the life of this new nation distant to become uniquely great! It's a most remarkable story of faith action and it changed the world. Of course, there can be no freedom or liberty without a rule of law, because otherwise it would be the freedom of the strong to oppress the weak. Expediency and pragmatism are never enough. When I had to pull Britain around, we worked out our principles, once again renewed them, worked out our policies evolved out of our principals, and then implemented our programs. And they were all of a piece because we had faith on our side, and we knew that what we were doing was fundamentally right. If you are going to chart the way into a better future, you must have a compass of enduring values and principles. Those of us who believe passionately in a free society should put the case of capitalism much more positively then merely putting it in a statement - “it performs better”. *Capitalism is economic Liberty.* It is a vital element in the network of freedom. It is a moral quality, for it reflects the right of people to use your God given talents. You get the best results by men and women exercising their God given talents and working together and responding to the needs of the market in a community of work. The market requires a framework of law, but these laws must never stifle the spirit of enterprise. Beware dependency on the state. Once used to such support, people are never satisfied to have it otherwise. Don't shrink from looking after your neighbour as yourself. It's part of your creed. Freedom has its responsibilities. As we look ahead, some people are taking the freedom and leaving the responsibilities. The values and virtues we prize are honesty, self discipline, essence of responsibility to one’s family, a sense of loyalty to one's employer and staff, and pride in the quality of one’s work. These qualities are threatened by a lack of respect for the rights, freedom, property, and thought of others. This manifests itself in two ways : 👉 1. In rising crime and violence, as people go and take what they want, have no sense of morality towards others. 👉 2. In the breakdown of the family, arising from vastly, more children born to or brought up by single parents. No governments can afford the police necessary to assure our safety unless the overwhelming majority of us are guided by an inner, personal code of morality. And you will not get that code unless children are brought up in a family that give them the affection they seek, that makes them feel they belong, and that guides them to the future. The greatest inequality today is not inequality of wealth or income. *It is the inequality between the child brought up in a loving, cooperative family and the one who has in denied that birthright.* *About the Author* - *Lady Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990*. *End of chapter 27.* Compiled by Mahendra Kolhekar X handle @KolhekarM 🌹🌷🙏