Fear or Freedom

Posted on July 1, 2009

“Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid”
~Ronald Reagan

Real Patriotism

Posted on May 1, 2009

“Every good citizen makes his country’s honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and is conscious that he gains protection while he give it.”
~ Andrew Jackson

Sincerity vs. Hypocrisy

Posted on March 10, 2009

“Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.”
~C.H. Spurgeon

Reality Check on Government

Posted on March 2, 2009

‘A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.’ ~ Thomas Jefferson

If we forget…

Posted on July 4, 2008

“If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under. ”
~Ronald Reagan

JULY 4, 1776

Posted on July 4, 2008

The Declaration of Independence was approved JULY 4, 1776.

John Hancock signed first, saying “the price on my head has just doubled.”

Benjamin Franklin said “We must hang together or most assuredly we shall hang separately.”

Of the 56 signers:

• 17 lost their fortunes,
• 12 had their homes destroyed,
• 5 became prisoners of war,
• 1 had two sons imprisoned on the British starving ship Jersey,
• 1 had a son killed in battle,
• 1 had his wife die from harsh prison treatment
• 9 signers died during the War.

When Samuel Adams signed the Declaration, he said:
“We have this day restored the Sovereign to whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come.”

John Adams said:
“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.”

John Adams continued:
“I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration…Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory…

Posterity will triumph in that day’s transaction, even though we [may regret] it, which I trust in God we shall not.”

(by Bill Federer from the AMERICAN MINUTE)

Freedom… can be lost

Posted on July 4, 2008

“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” ~Dwight Eisenhower

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Freedom… is worth the fight

Posted on July 4, 2008

“If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves.” ~Winston Churchill

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Freedom… God’s gift to humanity

Posted on July 4, 2008

“ The liberty we prize is not America’s gift to the world; it is God’s gift to humanity. Americans are blessed to have men and women like you [armed forces] protecting us, and defending the cause of freedom across the world. May God bless you, and may He watch over our country.” ~President George W. Bush, December 2003

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Freedom… the choice

Posted on July 4, 2008

“…Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!” ~Patrick Henry - March 23, 1775
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