"It is the error of men not rooted in holy principle and eternal truth to make tragedy an excuse for tyranny. The true patriot recognizes that the freedoms handed to him by the bloody hand of his fathers is one that evil men have always opposed and good men must at all costs preserve. Genesis 3:15 works its way out from personal desires to political conflict--Satan and sin cry with those of old 'We will not have this man to rule over us!'The saints reply that 'He must reign till He hath put down all opposition. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain!' "
William Giles