Independence Day
I am out this week so there will be no other posts. Tomorrow is Independence Day for those of us who live in America. Yet, there are those who still live under the yoke of tyranny. Those who live in a constant state of fear for their lives and the lives of their loved ones. This week we should hope for the freedom of all humankind. Freedom for those in China who still live under the yoke of communism, freedom for those in so much of Africa who have lived under the yoke of colonialism and brutal dictatorships and freedom for those everywhere that live in fear of their government.
One must never forget that freedom is not an achieved state but a never ending struggle against those who would be king if the circumstances permitted. Humankind must always remain vigilant in its efforts to maintain freedoms and further the freedoms of our fellow men and women, be it the Civil Rights Movement in America or the mass genocide in Darfur.
I'd like to share a few quotes from many of the great leaders who played a role in the founding of America. It's quite ironic how concerns over two hundred years ago remain very relevant in today's world. Even within America itself. Their messages can be heard throughout history as one thing never changes; the yoke of tyranny and man's desire to dominate his brother.
Overgrown military establishments are, under any form of government, inauspicious to and hostile to liberty.
--George Washington
Any society that would give up a little liberty for a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
--Benjamin Franklin
A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government
--Thomas Jefferson
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
--James Madison
We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
--James Madison
When people fear the government, there is tyranny. When government fears the people, there is liberty.
--Thomas Jefferson
Experience hath shown that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny
--Thomas Jefferson
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
--Thomas Jefferson
In republics, the great danger is that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
--James Madison
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
--Thomas Jefferson
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
--Thomas Paine
It is truth that the loss of liberties at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
--James Madison
To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.
--Thomas Paine
One must never forget that freedom is not an achieved state but a never ending struggle against those who would be king if the circumstances permitted. Humankind must always remain vigilant in its efforts to maintain freedoms and further the freedoms of our fellow men and women, be it the Civil Rights Movement in America or the mass genocide in Darfur.
I'd like to share a few quotes from many of the great leaders who played a role in the founding of America. It's quite ironic how concerns over two hundred years ago remain very relevant in today's world. Even within America itself. Their messages can be heard throughout history as one thing never changes; the yoke of tyranny and man's desire to dominate his brother.
Overgrown military establishments are, under any form of government, inauspicious to and hostile to liberty.
--George Washington
Any society that would give up a little liberty for a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
--Benjamin Franklin
A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government
--Thomas Jefferson
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
--James Madison
We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.
--James Madison
When people fear the government, there is tyranny. When government fears the people, there is liberty.
--Thomas Jefferson
Experience hath shown that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny
--Thomas Jefferson
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions.
--Thomas Jefferson
In republics, the great danger is that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.
--James Madison
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
--Thomas Jefferson
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
--Thomas Paine
It is truth that the loss of liberties at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.
--James Madison
To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.
--Thomas Paine
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