The Principles of Freedom: Principle 5

By now regular readers of BATTLE JOINED know that we’re presenting a series outlining the 28 Principles of Freedom and Liberty described in the  The 5000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen.  These are the principles upon which America’s Founders based our new government, thereby assuring us of lasting peace, prosperity, and freedom. This series was designed to help our readers reconnect  with the  Founders’ principles that made the United States of America the Greatest nation ever, and the envy of every other nation on Earth.

“The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?”

—Benjamin Franklin

Principle 5. All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible. The Founders considered the existence of the Creator as the most fundamental premise underlying all self-evident truth. The words Nature's God, Creator, created, Supreme Judge of the Universe, and Divine Providence are used throughout the Declaration of Independence.

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