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The 1776 American Declaration of Independence
For They Fought for God and Mankind
“My hand trembles, but my heart does not” — Stephen Hopkins“There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head” — John Hancock
"Celebrate that which deserves to be venerated, shun that which deforms our indispensable values and noble aspirations. The Fourth of July is not a government anniversary. It is a time to remember that independence is the spirit and the soul of the nation. The fireworks are for as John Adams rightly affirms - a Day of Deliverance. That liberation from captivity is what we honor and so often forget. If you are incapable of understanding the distinction between the goal of liberty and the reality of tyranny, you should study your heritage on this solemn day" — Article here
“Of all the enemies of the true liberty, war is, perhaps, the
most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ
of every other. War is the parent of armies; from those proceed
debts and taxes; and armies and debts and taxes are the known
instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the
few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is
extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors and
emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the
minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people.
The same malignant aspect in republicanism may be traced in the
inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing
out of a state of war, and in the degeneracy of manner and of
morals, engendered in both. No nation can preserve its freedom
in the midst of continual warfare” –
James Madison
America in Distress
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