Revolution of Sober Expectations answered

The word sober mean: Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm; as, sober judgment; a man in his sober senses. Revolutions as we know it are often the opposite of this definition. It tends to begin with a passion that turns into righteous anger as the revolutionaries try to create a perfect society based on their beliefs. The idealistic goals are usually never reached without bloodshed. The Founding Fathers did not form their new government in this fashion. They acted rationally and allowed for imperfections in the new society. Martin Diamond refers to this action as a “Revolution of Sober Expectations.”

The Founding Fathers had ideals that were based on realistic views about government. They set down a standard in the Declaration of Independence then followed it with a plan to achieve those standards in the Constitution. Their expectations of the new government were rational. They didn’t want to set up a Utopia because they realized that it was impossible to eliminate weakness. Men are not perfect and the Founding Fathers realized this and based their new government to allow for those weaknesses. Their sober view allowed their new government to stay intact for over a century.
Democracy was not a new idea when the Founding Fathers began to create the new government. The Ancient Greeks had a democracy. Neither was a republic, which had been used in the Roman Empire. However, the idea of a democratic republic was revolutionary. It still allowed for the people to have the right to vote on who their leaders would be. Also it allowed for a more solid foundation by giving the representatives more time in office. There by making the government more functional. This revolutionary combination has made it possible for the United States to remain a free nation.