The American Revolution, the Great Experiment that was the DREAM (unlike the French Revolution that was based more on philosophy and man-made laws, ) spoke more of Truth, "self-evident Truths, " and it was focused on Natural Law, "the laws of nature and of nature's God." Once upon a time this was "common knowledge, " and in his farewell address to the United Nations, President Reagan spoke of DREAMS, and "vision, " and a "Higher Law." In mountaineering, there's a commonly heard truth: "Gravity isn't just a 'good idea, it's the Law!