Epic Steps: Rekindling Democracy, Unity and Peace

Writer Gates McKibbin is clairaudient, adept at thought switch or listening to with out sound. Epic Steps is the eighth e-book she has revealed containing messages from the spirit world, and it couldn’t be extra related or well timed. Right here three former presidents – Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhower – sound an alarm derived from their shared concern for the vitality and viability of democracy within the US and the way forward for planet Earth. The presidents’ musings are exactly what we on this weary, disheartened and divided nation want. And we want it now. Sensible voices should prevail if our democracy is to outlive. The presidents acknowledge their very own errors and shortcomings, remind us of our beginnings and Constitutional mandates and name us to our deepest potential and highest good. Their insights are as brave as they’re compelling.Chosen Quotes from Thomas Jefferson“When the Founding Fathers thought-about learn how to foster individuality inside the context of majority rule, we centered extra on the spirit of every citizen than the physique or thoughts. We created a authorities that might acknowledge and honor the very best, most exalted side of each particular person.”“Two counterbalancing assurances are crucial: Freedom and equality. Freedom run rampant crowds out equality and results in the focus of energy. Equality run rampant stifles particular person initiative, demoralizes and demotivates. However the two mixed, although ever in dynamic pressure, defend us from the excesses of every.” “Humility is what makes a pacesetter actual. It comes from an sincere understanding of inside strengths and limitations. It offers no quarter to hubris, egomania, or self-aggrandizement.”“When the distribution of assets and affect turns into considerably skewed, democracy falters and self-government turns into nearly inconceivable. The few who maintain energy work to guarantee that everybody else stays or feels powerless.”Chosen Quotes from Abraham Lincoln“Slavery and democracy had been unusual bedfellows. The Founding Fathers sidestepped the issue to type a unified democracy. The slaves have been sacrificed for the sake of expediency.”“If we’re equal below God, then everybody within the nation have to be equal below the legal guidelines of the land. If we’re equal below God, then we should honor the Divine inside every particular person. And that divine side blossoms with acceptance, not judging; love, not hatred; interrelatedness, not separateness; freedom, not slavery.”“There will be no democracy with out tolerance and open-mindedness. There will be no democracy with out folks rising above their very own selfishness. Abolishing slavery was step one; abolishing disrespect and intolerance was the subsequent.”Chosen Quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower“The navy industrial advanced has grown manner past something I warned in opposition to after I was president. solely a fraction of the story. You’ve got been informed half-truths, disinformation, and premeditated lies. You’ve got been proven the benign face of a monster that’s plundering your assets, polluting your setting, and usurping your authorities. My goal is to not frighten, however to impel folks to motion. This can be a wake-up name.”“It’s tough to say which nation started the arms race. Had the Russians set the stage with their annexation of Japanese Europe? Or had our personal navy infected anxieties about Communism to verify ‘protection’ would at all times be first on the listing of federally funded initiatives?”“You don’t have any selection however to determine and preserve a real and lasting international peace. If you don’t, the planet will proceed on its present course. Maybe sooner, maybe later, the strain and violence will escalate to the purpose that the survival of humankind will dangle within the steadiness. That isn’t a conjecture. It’s a assure.”“Peace all through a worldwide neighborhood is feasible. You should consider this. You don’t have any different choice.”