According to the dictionary the word “I” is the first person singular as a subject and is used by a speaker in referring to himself or herself. The word “I” provides clarity and gives the listener the knowledge of the speaker’s stance. Using the word “I” is assertive and gives a first person point of view.
The word “we” is a nominative plural of “I”. “We” refers to, you and another. ”We” can also mean on behalf of the group or persons who agree with each other. “We” can also be used as a leadership word for a nation or institution. Such as in the Preamble of our Constitution, “We the People of the United States…”
Before there can be a “we” there has to be an “I”. As I reflect on the recent election, I can see the real difference between each of the two main parties by the words they use and their ideologies. One party clearly believes in the strength of the individual and states “I believe” and “I am”. The other party clearly seeks to create and support a community by stating, “We want” and “Yes we can”.
As inclusive as it is, “we” leaves out the personal responsibility of being in command and control of ones own self. “We” relies on the collectiveness of the group and does not require or qualify the assembled. “We” creates it strength from its numbers. The beauty of the “I” is to know the strength of the individual, to know ones capabilities and ones convictions and beliefs and thereby being able to rely on ones self.
My concern is that the people who believe in the “we” are now in the position to take away all the guarantees of our constitution of individual and property rights, of free markets that can prosper under limited government and low taxes and provide for a strong national defense, so “we” can engage in the aforementioned enterprises of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Government cannot and should not give us our happiness. It should help, yet not hinder. Government should provide only that which the “I” can not do and serve the “we” where necessary, and not just when needed or wanted.
It seams people these days want to skip being “I” and want to jump right into being “we”. I wonder why? Is it too much work? Has life become so complicated? I hope not. For “we” to work, our country needs to get back to being “I’” first.
The word “we” is a nominative plural of “I”. “We” refers to, you and another. ”We” can also mean on behalf of the group or persons who agree with each other. “We” can also be used as a leadership word for a nation or institution. Such as in the Preamble of our Constitution, “We the People of the United States…”
Before there can be a “we” there has to be an “I”. As I reflect on the recent election, I can see the real difference between each of the two main parties by the words they use and their ideologies. One party clearly believes in the strength of the individual and states “I believe” and “I am”. The other party clearly seeks to create and support a community by stating, “We want” and “Yes we can”.
As inclusive as it is, “we” leaves out the personal responsibility of being in command and control of ones own self. “We” relies on the collectiveness of the group and does not require or qualify the assembled. “We” creates it strength from its numbers. The beauty of the “I” is to know the strength of the individual, to know ones capabilities and ones convictions and beliefs and thereby being able to rely on ones self.
My concern is that the people who believe in the “we” are now in the position to take away all the guarantees of our constitution of individual and property rights, of free markets that can prosper under limited government and low taxes and provide for a strong national defense, so “we” can engage in the aforementioned enterprises of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Government cannot and should not give us our happiness. It should help, yet not hinder. Government should provide only that which the “I” can not do and serve the “we” where necessary, and not just when needed or wanted.
It seams people these days want to skip being “I” and want to jump right into being “we”. I wonder why? Is it too much work? Has life become so complicated? I hope not. For “we” to work, our country needs to get back to being “I’” first.
