Thread: Happy Independence Day & God bless America

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness ... If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter ... I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees. George Washington

Happy Independence Day, Tom.

“I want you to convey in the General Orders that we are sensible of the Army’s sufferings and have left no expedient unessayed to relieve them. We began a contest for liberty and independence ill provided with the means for war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency. We expected to encounter many wants and distresses, and we should not shrink from them when they happen nor fly in the face of law to procure redress. No doubt the public will do ample justice to the men fighting and suffering in its defense; but it is our duty to bear present evils.”

General George Washington

Originally Posted by IronCharles

Wait.... so you're saying that the Declaration of Independence was not written for atheists?


Interdasting.

The pursuit of the side effect called 'happiness' is such a stupid idea.