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"...They were peace men; but they preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage. They were quiet men; but they did not shrink from agitating against oppression. They showed forbearance; but they knew its limits. They believed in order; but not in the order of tyranny [government rule of absolute power]. With them, nothing was “settled” that was not right. With them, justice, liberty and humanity were “final;” not slavery and oppression. You may well cherish the memory of such men. They were great in their day and generation. Their solid manhood stands out the more as we contrast it with these degenerate times...."
and there is so much more eloquence.
edit: I just got a text from Flatbutt-ette. They're in the DC area for the holiday and just attended a reading of the Declaration of Independence. Apparently her 9 year old was held rapt and proclaimed at the end " Mom that was great, thanks for bringing me".
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Si non potes inimicum tuum vincere, habeas eum amicum and ride a big blue trike.
"'Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out."
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