Fireside Chat Ep. 135 — Liberty Is a Value, Not an Instinct

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🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Liberty and freedom are very rare in human history. The human instinct is not to yearn for liberty—humans yearn to be taken care of. Generally, by the government (socialism & communism). America's founders knew that limited government and liberty are key to a free society—but we are now witnessing that as Americans become more secular, they value liberty much less. This episode is sponsored by Colorado Christian University. CCU is offering a $1,000 scholarship to PragerU subscribers for online classes through CCU Online. Go to PragerU.com/ccu to learn more. The column about liberty: Some Thoughts About Being Safe https://www.dennisprager.com/column/some-thoughts-about-being-safe/ The column about our polarized political climate: America’s Second Civil War https://www.dennisprager.com/column/americas-second-civil-war/ 0:00 Serenity Prayer For Times Like This 1:20 This Episode Is Sponsored By CCU 2:10 Fireside Chat For Over 2 Years 3:39 Dennis’s Live Q&A On Tuesdays 4:16 Dennis Mocked, Yet Again 6:15 Dennis Is Very Careful With His Words 7:05 Liberty Is A Value, Not An Instinct 9:08 The Liberty Bell’s Inscription 11:07 More Secular, Less Free 13:04 No Lockdown For Hong Kong Flu 15:24 Reliance On Government Over Time 18:20 Values Are Everything 19:20 Our Polarized Political Climate 21:17 The Left-Created Thanksgiving Division 23:08 Godparents To A Gay Couple’s Child 25:12 SIXHIRB 27:00 Dennis Is A Crazed Audiophile 29:49 For Goodness Sake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, this is the Fireside Chat.
0:02.9	I'm Dennis Prager.
0:03.8	It is great to be with you.
0:04.8	I am with you every week, especially these days.
0:07.8	Where else am I going to go?
0:10.2	That's just the way it is.
0:12.1	And you got to accept things.
0:13.4	What is the greatest of great serenity prayer that they have in the 12-step program from
0:18.2	Reinhold Nieber?
0:19.9	It's something to the effect of, you know, that I...
0:24.3	What is it?
0:25.3	Help me to.
0:26.3	Yeah.
0:27.3	Nobody, everybody knows, well not everybody.
0:29.2	Most people know the intent, but the punchline is to know the difference between what I
0:34.0	can change and not change.
0:36.4	And that's a very important...
0:38.2	It's a great prayer.
0:39.2	You got it there?
0:40.2	Okay, go ahead.
0:41.2	God grant me the serenity.
0:43.2	God grant me the serenity.
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