Diary of an Angry Populace
You Work for Us
I’m just a normal citizen concerned about the
direction of our country. I’m an Army Veteran, a husband and soon to be
a father, and that gives me even more reason to stand up and fight for
the kind of world and country I want my children to grow up in.
I want to talk today about our Constitutional Liberties, the corruption in Government and this current economic crisis we face. The corruption has not only influenced these big banks and Wall st. corporations as many of us know, but has taken over our countries Government at almost every level, both sides of the aisle, Republicans and the Democrats alike, all of them are to blame equally. Only a very small handful are doing what they are actually supposed to, while 99% of them have basically been bought and paid for by special interests.
They may point fingers and argue over the little things in public, but behind closed doors they are laughing all the way to the bank with their earmarks and pork barrel projects slipped into these multi trillion dollar Bailouts and so called stimulus packages. We called and wrote to our representatives in massive numbers and were against these bailouts 300 to 1, yet our reps did not listen, they passed it anyways. All at the expense of the Taxpayer. Now they Promise us Trillion dollar deficits for years to come when already we are Trillions in Debt, trying to spend their way out of a problem that we spent our way into. All this will do is Further enslave future generations into servitude created by unplayable debt.
The Corporation is now protected and held in higher esteem than the citizen. Taxation without representation is the norm once again, one of the very reasons the American revolution was fought over 2 centuries ago. The Federal Reserve, a private corporation and the IRS were created in the shadows of Liberty under the guise of financial equality nearly 100 years ago and now taxes the citizen of nearly half their hard earned wages, and that’s just at the federal level, taxes and “fees” are on the rise across the state and local level, its almost like we should just hand over our entire paychecks to these crooks, they are trying to take it all as it is. But I say No more!
For years big business and government have been working to undermine the freedom and sovereignty of the Republic. Yes, we are supposed to be are a Republic, a constitutional Republic, Remember the pledge of allegiance? The part that states “And to the Republic for which it stands” I don’t think our elected officials do. As Thomas Jefferson said, Democracy is mob rule by 51%. Democracy always fails due to corruption in the end. But this is not about Democrat or Republican anymore, its about our Best interests as a Nation, as Americans.
We have a duty as Americans to read our Constitution and Declaration of Independence. To educate ourselves and remind our political leaders who they work for…. YOU WORK FOR US!
It is time To send the message loud and clear, that we voted you in and we can vote you out. The 2 party system has become a vicious circle of divide and conquer politics for too long. Its broken, and I dare say this current system has probably reached the point of corruption that it is beyond repair. It is run at the very top by Criminals who covet power and money and appear to have no logic when it comes to making decisions for the betterment of this country.
I personally have no confidence in the ability of our leaders as they have demonstrated time and again for years now, that there is no reason for us to place any faith in them based on their actions. Yet we still keeping voting these people in, hoping someone will change something, so we are partly to blame for going along with this scam.
The programs being put into place now and much of the legislation that was introduced in this country the past 50 years are basically Unconstitutional, infringe on our liberties and overstep the boundaries that our Government is supposed to reach.
Government programs & legislation attempting to attack our Bill of rights, through regulation and control, Especially the 1st, 2nd and 4th amendments, and others now being discussed, such as Socialized “Universal” Healthcare, regulating Education, REAL ID Act (Requiring a National ID Card to replace states Drivers license), HR 1388 (The Give Act - National Service act which outlines the road to “mandatory volunteering” , and a National Security force that Obama and Rahm Emanual have both publically called for, that’s an oxy moron isn’t it!?! “mandatory volunteering“ ,
HR 875 the Food Safety Act sponsored by Big Agri. Companies like Monsanto and Tyson so they can regulate the food supply, seeds, farming and production, Corporations like GE, And Big Oil who are pushing the Smart Grid and new so called green technology, while standing to make Hundreds of billions of Dollars pushing the UN agenda of so called “Man made” Global Warming…. add to that the over taxation of our income on both the Federal, State and Local levels and you start to get the picture.
Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves.
What we are facing is Tyranny, some would say its already here. Our constitution used to mean something, It is the corner stone of this nation, but for a very long time now politicians in Washington pick and choose and make up their own interpretations when they want to get away with something. The attack on our liberties is relentless , telling us it is all for “a little security” and now we have world leaders openly calling for , at the G20, European Union and United Nations, some kind of world government and a new global reserve currency as the answer to this current economic crisis. If these are the answers then we are asking the wrong questions. As Benjamin Franklin said “Those who give up their liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither and lose both”
We need to know what type of world we want our children and grandchildren to inherit and what we are going to say to them if we do nothing and they have it worse than we do right now because we did not act in the face of tyranny. The buck has been passed for too long, it is time to do something about it.
Its time to suck it up, get involved and spark the truly creative and proactive approach that made this country the greatest nation on earth.
This is not a left or right issue, its an American issue, I am willing to bet if we do nothing then in a few short years we will not recognize this country or what remains of our liberties and our constitution. The world is changing and we can become the change we want to see, instead of this false change and hope promised by politicians who covet power more than they do the freedom, or we can watch it pass us by and suffer the consequences if we do nothing.
We have been sold out by our politicians and will be lucky if all we end up with is Socialism. The Govt and Corporations have a vested interest in Seeing things done a certain way. The Status Quo as some call it. Well the Status Quo is getting pretty old to me.
We have had our liberties trampled and our Constitution eroded for too long. There is ONE solution when the dust settles , And that is to rebuild, using the virtues of personal responsibility, compassion, equality and ethics to uphold the Constitution and Liberty for every person. Tyranny, Greed & Corruption have NO place any longer, and it is up to us to make our stand and let our voices be heard.
Our Rights and liberties are guaranteed by our creator, NO MAN can take those from us, we can only give them up. We the people lend the Government its power and the Constitution is supposed to limit that power. But now they are limiting our constitution and are becoming what the Founding fathers of these United states feared most. The very reasons for the Revolution are now repeating again, have we learned nothing from History as our greatest teacher? Now only 233 years later it seems Revolution is brewing once again. An idea, principles and values that once made this country great need to be remembered and once again applied to our lives. Through personal Responsibility and not heard mentality.
It was once said that dissent is the highest form of patriotism. That the government should fear the people, not the other way around, and that it was the duty of the people to rise up and remove this type of corruption should it take hold. The type of tyranny we now see running freely without oversight, without checks and balances, with free reign to spend and tax and subvert truth at every corner.
We now stand at the crossroads. A choice to stand up and resist or lay down and silently comply. One will test the very fiber of our souls, one will guarantee what the founding fathers fought to avoid. Some would say that some fights are not worth picking, that some issues are not the battle to wage. Anything that further restricts liberty is a stand that must be taken. As the saying goes, give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Patriots are of a rare breed. True Patriots must uphold equality and freedom for all, respect their fellow man, yet see clearly through illusions placed to distract from reason and logic. It is one thing to say something, another to do. Actions speak loudest in a room deafened by the ramblings of insane leaders suffering from delusions of grandeur. Do not be distracted by the illusion of difference between these so called leaders of the past 50+ years, or the recent ones, Bush, Clinton, or Obama, because there is NO real difference.
It is time to take a stand, as individuals and as a whole and restore the republic. For if good men continue to do nothing, we will all reap the consequences of inaction and we will bury lady liberty with our freedoms until a generation worthy of calling themselves free men once again rises to the occasion. The time has come to draw a line in the sand. To restore this nation As peaceful as possible so we may once again know the American Dream means something, and not this nightmare it is quickly becoming.
Samual Adams said …..
“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."
Well my friends this is why we are gathered here today, that time has come and it is up to each one of us. WE are the ones we have been waiting for to bring real change to this country, to put aside the left vs. right bickering and once again look to the Constitution as the rule of law. Our time is Now, and we must act. Do not be afraid that we are just a small group of people, do not feel powerless to the issues at hand because they appear so daunting. It has been and always will be, small groups of people through out history that have changed the world. THANK YOU
Submitted by Mike
I want to talk today about our Constitutional Liberties, the corruption in Government and this current economic crisis we face. The corruption has not only influenced these big banks and Wall st. corporations as many of us know, but has taken over our countries Government at almost every level, both sides of the aisle, Republicans and the Democrats alike, all of them are to blame equally. Only a very small handful are doing what they are actually supposed to, while 99% of them have basically been bought and paid for by special interests.
They may point fingers and argue over the little things in public, but behind closed doors they are laughing all the way to the bank with their earmarks and pork barrel projects slipped into these multi trillion dollar Bailouts and so called stimulus packages. We called and wrote to our representatives in massive numbers and were against these bailouts 300 to 1, yet our reps did not listen, they passed it anyways. All at the expense of the Taxpayer. Now they Promise us Trillion dollar deficits for years to come when already we are Trillions in Debt, trying to spend their way out of a problem that we spent our way into. All this will do is Further enslave future generations into servitude created by unplayable debt.
The Corporation is now protected and held in higher esteem than the citizen. Taxation without representation is the norm once again, one of the very reasons the American revolution was fought over 2 centuries ago. The Federal Reserve, a private corporation and the IRS were created in the shadows of Liberty under the guise of financial equality nearly 100 years ago and now taxes the citizen of nearly half their hard earned wages, and that’s just at the federal level, taxes and “fees” are on the rise across the state and local level, its almost like we should just hand over our entire paychecks to these crooks, they are trying to take it all as it is. But I say No more!
For years big business and government have been working to undermine the freedom and sovereignty of the Republic. Yes, we are supposed to be are a Republic, a constitutional Republic, Remember the pledge of allegiance? The part that states “And to the Republic for which it stands” I don’t think our elected officials do. As Thomas Jefferson said, Democracy is mob rule by 51%. Democracy always fails due to corruption in the end. But this is not about Democrat or Republican anymore, its about our Best interests as a Nation, as Americans.
We have a duty as Americans to read our Constitution and Declaration of Independence. To educate ourselves and remind our political leaders who they work for…. YOU WORK FOR US!
It is time To send the message loud and clear, that we voted you in and we can vote you out. The 2 party system has become a vicious circle of divide and conquer politics for too long. Its broken, and I dare say this current system has probably reached the point of corruption that it is beyond repair. It is run at the very top by Criminals who covet power and money and appear to have no logic when it comes to making decisions for the betterment of this country.
I personally have no confidence in the ability of our leaders as they have demonstrated time and again for years now, that there is no reason for us to place any faith in them based on their actions. Yet we still keeping voting these people in, hoping someone will change something, so we are partly to blame for going along with this scam.
The programs being put into place now and much of the legislation that was introduced in this country the past 50 years are basically Unconstitutional, infringe on our liberties and overstep the boundaries that our Government is supposed to reach.
Government programs & legislation attempting to attack our Bill of rights, through regulation and control, Especially the 1st, 2nd and 4th amendments, and others now being discussed, such as Socialized “Universal” Healthcare, regulating Education, REAL ID Act (Requiring a National ID Card to replace states Drivers license), HR 1388 (The Give Act - National Service act which outlines the road to “mandatory volunteering” , and a National Security force that Obama and Rahm Emanual have both publically called for, that’s an oxy moron isn’t it!?! “mandatory volunteering“ ,
HR 875 the Food Safety Act sponsored by Big Agri. Companies like Monsanto and Tyson so they can regulate the food supply, seeds, farming and production, Corporations like GE, And Big Oil who are pushing the Smart Grid and new so called green technology, while standing to make Hundreds of billions of Dollars pushing the UN agenda of so called “Man made” Global Warming…. add to that the over taxation of our income on both the Federal, State and Local levels and you start to get the picture.
Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves.
What we are facing is Tyranny, some would say its already here. Our constitution used to mean something, It is the corner stone of this nation, but for a very long time now politicians in Washington pick and choose and make up their own interpretations when they want to get away with something. The attack on our liberties is relentless , telling us it is all for “a little security” and now we have world leaders openly calling for , at the G20, European Union and United Nations, some kind of world government and a new global reserve currency as the answer to this current economic crisis. If these are the answers then we are asking the wrong questions. As Benjamin Franklin said “Those who give up their liberty for a little temporary security deserve neither and lose both”
We need to know what type of world we want our children and grandchildren to inherit and what we are going to say to them if we do nothing and they have it worse than we do right now because we did not act in the face of tyranny. The buck has been passed for too long, it is time to do something about it.
Its time to suck it up, get involved and spark the truly creative and proactive approach that made this country the greatest nation on earth.
This is not a left or right issue, its an American issue, I am willing to bet if we do nothing then in a few short years we will not recognize this country or what remains of our liberties and our constitution. The world is changing and we can become the change we want to see, instead of this false change and hope promised by politicians who covet power more than they do the freedom, or we can watch it pass us by and suffer the consequences if we do nothing.
We have been sold out by our politicians and will be lucky if all we end up with is Socialism. The Govt and Corporations have a vested interest in Seeing things done a certain way. The Status Quo as some call it. Well the Status Quo is getting pretty old to me.
We have had our liberties trampled and our Constitution eroded for too long. There is ONE solution when the dust settles , And that is to rebuild, using the virtues of personal responsibility, compassion, equality and ethics to uphold the Constitution and Liberty for every person. Tyranny, Greed & Corruption have NO place any longer, and it is up to us to make our stand and let our voices be heard.
Our Rights and liberties are guaranteed by our creator, NO MAN can take those from us, we can only give them up. We the people lend the Government its power and the Constitution is supposed to limit that power. But now they are limiting our constitution and are becoming what the Founding fathers of these United states feared most. The very reasons for the Revolution are now repeating again, have we learned nothing from History as our greatest teacher? Now only 233 years later it seems Revolution is brewing once again. An idea, principles and values that once made this country great need to be remembered and once again applied to our lives. Through personal Responsibility and not heard mentality.
It was once said that dissent is the highest form of patriotism. That the government should fear the people, not the other way around, and that it was the duty of the people to rise up and remove this type of corruption should it take hold. The type of tyranny we now see running freely without oversight, without checks and balances, with free reign to spend and tax and subvert truth at every corner.
We now stand at the crossroads. A choice to stand up and resist or lay down and silently comply. One will test the very fiber of our souls, one will guarantee what the founding fathers fought to avoid. Some would say that some fights are not worth picking, that some issues are not the battle to wage. Anything that further restricts liberty is a stand that must be taken. As the saying goes, give them an inch and they will take a mile.
Patriots are of a rare breed. True Patriots must uphold equality and freedom for all, respect their fellow man, yet see clearly through illusions placed to distract from reason and logic. It is one thing to say something, another to do. Actions speak loudest in a room deafened by the ramblings of insane leaders suffering from delusions of grandeur. Do not be distracted by the illusion of difference between these so called leaders of the past 50+ years, or the recent ones, Bush, Clinton, or Obama, because there is NO real difference.
It is time to take a stand, as individuals and as a whole and restore the republic. For if good men continue to do nothing, we will all reap the consequences of inaction and we will bury lady liberty with our freedoms until a generation worthy of calling themselves free men once again rises to the occasion. The time has come to draw a line in the sand. To restore this nation As peaceful as possible so we may once again know the American Dream means something, and not this nightmare it is quickly becoming.
Samual Adams said …..
“If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."
Well my friends this is why we are gathered here today, that time has come and it is up to each one of us. WE are the ones we have been waiting for to bring real change to this country, to put aside the left vs. right bickering and once again look to the Constitution as the rule of law. Our time is Now, and we must act. Do not be afraid that we are just a small group of people, do not feel powerless to the issues at hand because they appear so daunting. It has been and always will be, small groups of people through out history that have changed the world. THANK YOU
Submitted by Mike
A New Civil Rights Movement
Will we be redefining ourselves as everyday citizens exercising and
trying to preserve our civil rights to pass along to our heirs?
Earlier this week nearly 200 gun owners redefined ourselves as exercising and preserving our civil rights to our county legislators and local media, to protest the reinstitution of an old ammo registration law that had been discredited and scrapped decades ago.
We explained most of us had never done anything like this before, but we were there, because of a long history of gun control based on ignorance, bigotry, and prejudice against us.
Few of us were public speakers but we were exercising our civil rights to freedom of speech, to peaceably assemble, to petition our government for redress of grievances (all 1st Amendment civil rights), and redefine our grievances.
We were there in person to give them facts they did not seem to have, about exercising our civil right to keep and bear arms and our ability to pass that civil right on to our heirs, as undiminished as when it and all our other civil rights were entrusted to us to pass along.
It is hard for us to trust people to respect a civil right they have for 40 years argued it is not even an individual right, who perceive us as ignorant, backwards and/or liars for, believing different. (Some of us were labeled racists for suggesting more policing to deal with the gangs, and better, maybe charter schools a better solution. Ending racism and poverty being the preferred answer of bill advocates.)
It is hard to trust representatives who prejudge us from their bigotries because we 'cling' to older more traditional values, like the civil rights, the birth rights enshrined in our Bill of Rights.
After our peaceful sidewalk protest we were banned from bringing our civil rights signs inside.
A legislator who had been there for 15 years said she had not seen this before, and addressed the crowd after checking it out. Appears there is a law on the books prohibiting protest signs in NY courthouses, but it hasn't been used locally in 15 maybe 20 years.
The previous and smaller demonstration these same signs were allowed in, but there were few cameras and again no written coverage of our civil rights argument in the local press.
They have suddenly tabled the bill for a couple of months.
If they did not have to fear our arguments resonating with other constituents they would not have to censor us.
If they felt our arguments were foolish they would allow us to embarrass ourselves.
However it has always been very hard to win over a group who realizes members have legitimate civil rights grievances with you.
Either we define ourselves and our adversaries or they do. They are busy defining us but we have powerful and legitimate arguments they fear, if we dare use them.
Submitted by Tom
Earlier this week nearly 200 gun owners redefined ourselves as exercising and preserving our civil rights to our county legislators and local media, to protest the reinstitution of an old ammo registration law that had been discredited and scrapped decades ago.
We explained most of us had never done anything like this before, but we were there, because of a long history of gun control based on ignorance, bigotry, and prejudice against us.
Few of us were public speakers but we were exercising our civil rights to freedom of speech, to peaceably assemble, to petition our government for redress of grievances (all 1st Amendment civil rights), and redefine our grievances.
We were there in person to give them facts they did not seem to have, about exercising our civil right to keep and bear arms and our ability to pass that civil right on to our heirs, as undiminished as when it and all our other civil rights were entrusted to us to pass along.
It is hard for us to trust people to respect a civil right they have for 40 years argued it is not even an individual right, who perceive us as ignorant, backwards and/or liars for, believing different. (Some of us were labeled racists for suggesting more policing to deal with the gangs, and better, maybe charter schools a better solution. Ending racism and poverty being the preferred answer of bill advocates.)
It is hard to trust representatives who prejudge us from their bigotries because we 'cling' to older more traditional values, like the civil rights, the birth rights enshrined in our Bill of Rights.
After our peaceful sidewalk protest we were banned from bringing our civil rights signs inside.
A legislator who had been there for 15 years said she had not seen this before, and addressed the crowd after checking it out. Appears there is a law on the books prohibiting protest signs in NY courthouses, but it hasn't been used locally in 15 maybe 20 years.
The previous and smaller demonstration these same signs were allowed in, but there were few cameras and again no written coverage of our civil rights argument in the local press.
They have suddenly tabled the bill for a couple of months.
If they did not have to fear our arguments resonating with other constituents they would not have to censor us.
If they felt our arguments were foolish they would allow us to embarrass ourselves.
However it has always been very hard to win over a group who realizes members have legitimate civil rights grievances with you.
Either we define ourselves and our adversaries or they do. They are busy defining us but we have powerful and legitimate arguments they fear, if we dare use them.
Submitted by Tom
The Second American Revolution
The words "No Taxation without
Representation" began as a slogan in the period 1763-1776 just before
the first American Revolution. The slogan summarized the primary
grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who
believed the lack of representation in the British Parliament was an
illegal denial of their rights as English citizens.
It has become apparent to most Americans that our Congress, just like the British Parliament of the 1760's and 1770's, no longer represents the interests of the American people. Our congress routinely passes legislation that benefits a wide variety of special interest groups at the expense of the average American citizen and taxpayer.
Many American citizens, particularly those who pay taxes, are frustrated by a government that no longer represents them, but rather represents the interests of political and financial elites, as well as special interest groups, who exert unconstitutional and illegal control over our government and economy for their personal gain.
The members of this oligarchy are not loyal Americans who have the best interests of the county in mind, but rather they are people who benefit financially or politically by keeping our country in a constant state of war, by dumbing down our education system, by devaluating our currency, by separating us into categories by race and ethnic origin, by drugging 6 million of children with mind a mind altering drugs, by flooding our country with illegal aliens, and by chipping away at our nation's sovereignty, freedoms and liberties.
I believe that Americans are fast approaching a point of frustration and anger with their own government similar to what the American colonists reached in 1776. Americans want to take their country and government back from the corrupt political and financial elites who control it. The massive attendance by average American citizens at the Tea Party Rallies across the country in April of 2009 is a sign that the people have had enough and the Second Revolution is beginning. It was an important first step, but there is much more work to be done.
Americans must now put aside all of our minor differences that have separated us and unite as one strong political force. We must become united by our major common goals and not divided by our minor differences. We must become active in politics and support only those candidates that are honest, ethical, of good moral character, who take no special interest money and who support smaller, less intrusive federal, state and local governments.
Together, freedom loving American citizens must begin the journey that will leave future generations of Americans a legacy of individual freedom and liberty, a first class education system, a clean environment, a strong and sovereign America with an honest, limited government that will offer unlimited opportunities for their future. If we stand together and fight, we can give it to them.
Submitted by John
It has become apparent to most Americans that our Congress, just like the British Parliament of the 1760's and 1770's, no longer represents the interests of the American people. Our congress routinely passes legislation that benefits a wide variety of special interest groups at the expense of the average American citizen and taxpayer.
Many American citizens, particularly those who pay taxes, are frustrated by a government that no longer represents them, but rather represents the interests of political and financial elites, as well as special interest groups, who exert unconstitutional and illegal control over our government and economy for their personal gain.
The members of this oligarchy are not loyal Americans who have the best interests of the county in mind, but rather they are people who benefit financially or politically by keeping our country in a constant state of war, by dumbing down our education system, by devaluating our currency, by separating us into categories by race and ethnic origin, by drugging 6 million of children with mind a mind altering drugs, by flooding our country with illegal aliens, and by chipping away at our nation's sovereignty, freedoms and liberties.
I believe that Americans are fast approaching a point of frustration and anger with their own government similar to what the American colonists reached in 1776. Americans want to take their country and government back from the corrupt political and financial elites who control it. The massive attendance by average American citizens at the Tea Party Rallies across the country in April of 2009 is a sign that the people have had enough and the Second Revolution is beginning. It was an important first step, but there is much more work to be done.
Americans must now put aside all of our minor differences that have separated us and unite as one strong political force. We must become united by our major common goals and not divided by our minor differences. We must become active in politics and support only those candidates that are honest, ethical, of good moral character, who take no special interest money and who support smaller, less intrusive federal, state and local governments.
Together, freedom loving American citizens must begin the journey that will leave future generations of Americans a legacy of individual freedom and liberty, a first class education system, a clean environment, a strong and sovereign America with an honest, limited government that will offer unlimited opportunities for their future. If we stand together and fight, we can give it to them.
Submitted by John
Be of Good Cheer
"The
biggest enemy liberty faces is demoralization and discouragement
among its friends. This has always been true. It is also true that
there has always been a good case to be made for demoralization
and discouragement. The founding fathers felt it before 1776. The
opponents of communism in Russia felt it from the 1920s through
the 1980s. In the US, the Jeffersonians felt it before their revolution
of 1800, as did the opponents of prohibition in the 1920s."
Thus begins a 2003 speech by Lew Rockwell, a preeminent libertarian thinker, writer and speaker. I took his words to heart because when I look at the task facing us - we who are fighting to restore the Constitution and the founding principles on which it is based to their rightful place in American political society - feelings of demoralization and discouragement cover my hope like storm clouds cover the sun.
There are so many minds to change, so many people to be taught, so many obstacles to overcome - can we possibly do it?
Surely the founders of our great nations encountered similar thoughts. Not everyone in colonial America was dissatisfied with the colonies relationship with England - there were many minds to change and people to be taught. And talk about obstacles to overcome: thirteen disorganized colonies, each with its own agenda, somehow had to be brought together to fight the superpower of the 1770s. And all this had to be accomplished without cars or planes or cellphones or computers or the internet.
And yet they did it.
And if they did it, so can we. We are their philosophical heirs, the keepers of their legacy. We honor and revere them not only through our words but, more importantly, through our deeds.
Lew Rockwell concluded his speech by assuring his audience that truth is ours and will triumph eventually.
"What the friends of freedom need more than anything else today is the personal stamina that comes with moral conviction. The cause needs you more now than ever. A time for liberty will come when we realize that history is nothing more than the working out of what we think and believe."
History is an account of conviction converted into action. One letter to the editor at a time, one contacted congressman at a time, one posted flyer at a time, one speech at a time, one march at a time. When we put all these individual actions together, they become a movement. And movements change the world.
So let's go change the world - and make some history.
Thus begins a 2003 speech by Lew Rockwell, a preeminent libertarian thinker, writer and speaker. I took his words to heart because when I look at the task facing us - we who are fighting to restore the Constitution and the founding principles on which it is based to their rightful place in American political society - feelings of demoralization and discouragement cover my hope like storm clouds cover the sun.
There are so many minds to change, so many people to be taught, so many obstacles to overcome - can we possibly do it?
Surely the founders of our great nations encountered similar thoughts. Not everyone in colonial America was dissatisfied with the colonies relationship with England - there were many minds to change and people to be taught. And talk about obstacles to overcome: thirteen disorganized colonies, each with its own agenda, somehow had to be brought together to fight the superpower of the 1770s. And all this had to be accomplished without cars or planes or cellphones or computers or the internet.
And yet they did it.
And if they did it, so can we. We are their philosophical heirs, the keepers of their legacy. We honor and revere them not only through our words but, more importantly, through our deeds.
Lew Rockwell concluded his speech by assuring his audience that truth is ours and will triumph eventually.
"What the friends of freedom need more than anything else today is the personal stamina that comes with moral conviction. The cause needs you more now than ever. A time for liberty will come when we realize that history is nothing more than the working out of what we think and believe."
History is an account of conviction converted into action. One letter to the editor at a time, one contacted congressman at a time, one posted flyer at a time, one speech at a time, one march at a time. When we put all these individual actions together, they become a movement. And movements change the world.
So let's go change the world - and make some history.
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