Bush, Calvin and Community

Our Founders rejected both a radical individualism that makes no room for others, and the dreary collectivism that crushes the individual. They gave us instead a society where individual freedom is anchored in communities. And in this hopeful new century, we have a great goal: to renew this spirit of community and thereby renew the character and compassion of our nation.

President Bush at Calvin College (HT: Brad Hightower)

(Would that it would be so....)

The whole address is here and is worth reading for the Kuyper references alone.

Comments

[Richard]

Tod,
This is a tension recognized in Ron Sider's The Scandal of the American Conscience, which you discussed here as well. I'm almost done with the book and it's quite provocative.

Take care,
RICHARD