There was even a counter-revolution in the United States. The original revolution was in 1776 and was designed to break away from the despotic government of Great Britain. Eleven years later, on September 17, 1787, the revolution breaking the U.S.from Great Britain was followed by a counter-revolution. Unlike the French, Russians, and Chines, rather than going back to a different form of the same tyranny they just uprooted.

Two hundred and thirty-five years ago, delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution under which our government operates. The problem was that’s not what the Convention was supposed to do. he Convention was formed to revise the “Articles of Confederation.” The “articles” was the original Constitution. It created a federal government so weak it was ineffectual. …

Instead of revising the Articles, the Constitutional Convention met in secret to overthrow the existing United States government and created a system that is unmatched in its fairness and protection of liberty, at least when followed by our leaders.