Individuals vs. Institutions

"Culture is most profoundly changed not by the efforts of huge institutions but by individual people being changed. In the process, these citizens provide the main bulwark against government's insatiable appetite for power and control, and a safeguard against the sense of impotence fostered by today's overwhelming social problems. One person can make a difference."
-Chuck Colson, from "God & Government: An Insider's View On the Boundaries Between Faith & Politics"

Yes, this is the Chuck Colson who was Nixon's hatchet man who served time for his role in Watergate and who turned Christian conservative. He now heads his own ministry and radio broadcast.
I have not seen a better quote that describe we who support Ron Paul. We embody this quote. I especially like the implication that individuals change culture, not just campaigns or even politics. I am waking up to the fact that we are not a grassroots campaign; we are the Freedom Movement. Saying "grassroots movement" would be redundant, as movements are inherently grassroots. What I mean by this is that whether Ron wins or not, we will still fight for our God-given freedoms. The elites are hoping to quench the fire in its early stages by making sure Ron gets nowhere, but what they fail to understand is that there is no "head" to cut off of this movement. We are individuals, not an institution. Any movement that draws such diversity as, investors, Christians, strippers, Muslims, the young, the working class, the men who sleep with guns under their pillows, the tech-savvy, the women who home school their five children, stoners, Democrats, Libertarians, Constitution Party members, Greens, Republicans, farmers, students, pacifists and everyone in between is going to be very, very hard to quiet, let alone stop. No movement in the past has been more diverse. Whether they were feminist, environmentalist, civil rights based, socialists, or moral values based, they were almost totally case specific. Our movement is case specific in a way, but in the most unspecific way possible. The only thing the aforementioned list of Ron's supporters can agree on is the right to disagree, which is the true definition of tolerance and freedom. As Ron says, "Freedom unites us! It doesn't divide us."
Let's keep it up in light of what we fight for, who we are and how we will be remembered in history.

P.S. lets contact Chuck Colson and see if he is interested in Ron. He seems to be the most level headed Christian talking head and we might just b able to get his support.