Something burned in the hearts of the early people who came to America. They were escaping a tyranny that forgot the Ways of God. For Americans these words seems to bring to mind the Constitution and Bill of Rights. It should be thought of as strange that Christians don't immediately recognize how important these words are. Property is a reward for faithful work and is a blessing when it is not coveted or gained dishonestly.
Every nation has some sort of religion which establishes the laws of that nation.
Frederic Bastiat experienced it first hand before and after the French Revolution of February 1848. If this is true, it is a serious fact, and moral duty requires me to call the attention of my fellow-citizens to it. We hold from God the gift which includes all others. This truth is the rock that our Christian civilization rests upon. The battle is a struggle over who is Lord, God and Saviour - God or the State.