Comments on: “I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure it will cost us to maintain this declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom I see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth all the means. This is our day of deliverance.” – John Adams http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/ in all matter of opinion, our adversaries are insane. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:20:40 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: nickele http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-632576 nickele Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:53:10 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-632576 18 - Mike, you are so funny :eek: I'll quickly give the names of Napoléon Bonaparte (not my favorite though, he was a kind of dictator, pushing the French to colonize the whole Europe), Charles de Gaulle and all those who "marched forward" with them. All the French people who had to courage during WWII to resist against the stupid French collaborating government and the occupying nazis. And doing so, they were taking risks for them and their family. But they did not have the means to get the nazis out without the allies' help to which we will forever be thankful, well most of us will (I feel that I have to insist on saying that) 19 : I personally loved SF when I visited it. It's a beautiful and very open-minded city. I never lived in it though, did you Snowy? 18 – Mike, you are so funny :eek: I’ll quickly give the names of Napoléon Bonaparte (not my favorite though, he was a kind of dictator, pushing the French to colonize the whole Europe), Charles de Gaulle and all those who “marched forward” with them.
All the French people who had to courage during WWII to resist against the stupid French collaborating government and the occupying nazis. And doing so, they were taking risks for them and their family. But they did not have the means to get the nazis out without the allies’ help to which we will forever be thankful, well most of us will (I feel that I have to insist on saying that)

19 : I personally loved SF when I visited it. It’s a beautiful and very open-minded city. I never lived in it though, did you Snowy?

]]> By: snowy egret http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-632314 snowy egret Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:57:39 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-632314 Dont rufle my feathers San FRan Lib you live in americas worse all time places:mad: Dont rufle my feathers San FRan Lib you live in americas worse all time places:mad:

]]> By: Mike Kilo http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-631700 Mike Kilo Thu, 05 Jul 2007 13:18:35 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-631700 Nickele, was Lafayette the last known French soldier who actually marched FORWARD???? Merci! Nickele, was Lafayette the last known French soldier who actually marched FORWARD????

Merci!

]]> By: FrmrArtyOffcr http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-630937 FrmrArtyOffcr Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:12:00 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-630937 Here are a couple more quotes from Thomas Jefferson and John Adams: John Adams opined that if any later generation every forgot the price the founding fathers paid for their ancestors freedom, the founding fathers would regret the effort. Thomas Jefferson said " The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be used until they try to take it." and " The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is... to protect themselves against tyranny in government." We should celebrate our freedoms everyday and protect them likewise. We are only free when we are ALL free. Keep that in mind when you throw tht lever in the voting booth and whether the person you're voting for supports freedom for everyone, or slavery for everyone. There is no greater enslaver of the people than a public handout. Nothing brings out the best in people like adversity, and maximum achievement is seldom actually achieved without reward. In other words, welfare programs stifle peoples' desires to force themselves to excellence, and overtaxation on those who excel will reduce their desire, if not ability, to do so. I'm not saying don't give people a hand up, just don't make it a lifestyle to which they can become accustomed. Here are a couple more quotes from Thomas Jefferson and John Adams:

John Adams opined that if any later generation every forgot the price the founding fathers paid for their ancestors freedom, the founding fathers would regret the effort.

Thomas Jefferson said

” The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be used until they try to take it.”

and

” The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is… to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”

We should celebrate our freedoms everyday and protect them likewise. We are only free when we are ALL free. Keep that in mind when you throw tht lever in the voting booth and whether the person you’re voting for supports freedom for everyone, or slavery for everyone. There is no greater enslaver of the people than a public handout. Nothing brings out the best in people like adversity, and maximum achievement is seldom actually achieved without reward. In other words, welfare programs stifle peoples’ desires to force themselves to excellence, and overtaxation on those who excel will reduce their desire, if not ability, to do so. I’m not saying don’t give people a hand up, just don’t make it a lifestyle to which they can become accustomed.

]]> By: random_person http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-630057 random_person Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:08:54 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-630057 Happy Independence Day! Excellent post, Robert. God Bless America Happy Independence Day! Excellent post, Robert.

God Bless America

]]> By: Robert http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-629952 Robert Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:48:46 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-629952 I thought it appropriate for Independence Day to list a few quotes that illustrate what the Founders thought of big Gov't, taxation, etc. This is a stark reminder of how far off track this nation has gone. Thomas Paine: "We still feel the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised to furnish new pretenses for revenue and taxation. It watches property as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute.” George Washington: "[government] has no more right to put their hands into my pockets, without my consent, than I have to put my hands into yours...” Thomas Jefferson: "...rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our own will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law,' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.” Thomas Paine: "Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.” Thomas Jefferson: ‘What more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people?...a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government...” I thought it appropriate for Independence Day to list a few quotes that illustrate what the Founders thought of big Gov’t, taxation, etc. This is a stark reminder of how far off track this nation has gone.

Thomas Paine: “We still feel the greedy hand of government thrusting itself into every corner and crevice of industry, and grasping at the spoil of the multitude. Invention is continually exercised to furnish new pretenses for revenue and taxation. It watches property as its prey and permits none to escape without a tribute.”

George Washington: “[government] has no more right to put their hands into my pockets, without my consent, than I have to put my hands into yours…”

Thomas Jefferson: “…rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our own will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law,’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.”

Thomas Paine: “Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.”

Thomas Jefferson: ‘What more is necessary to make us a happy and a prosperous people?…a wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government…”

]]> By: San Francisco Liberal http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-629736 San Francisco Liberal Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:24:32 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-629736 you are such a moron snowy. :roll: <strong>gosh!</strong> you are such a moron snowy. :roll:

gosh!

]]> By: snowy egret http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-629478 snowy egret Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:10:28 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-629478 And in hanoi on the bay they dont celbrate the 4th their too busy with thier stupid GAY PRIDE DAYS and replacing RED WHITE and BLUE with SISSY PINK As for me im going to picnic and a fireworks show afrer dark:cool: And in hanoi on the bay they dont celbrate the 4th their too busy with thier stupid GAY PRIDE DAYS and replacing RED WHITE and BLUE with SISSY PINK As for me im going to picnic and a fireworks show afrer dark:cool:

]]> By: Matthias Roggenbuck http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-629309 Matthias Roggenbuck Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:38:14 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-629309 7- <em>"Happy Fourth to All Americans, Right, Left and in between alike."</em> Well spoken! 7- “Happy Fourth to All Americans, Right, Left and in between alike.”

Well spoken!

]]> By: nickele http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/comment-page-1/#comment-628968 nickele Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:25:34 +0000 http://rightvoices.com/2007/07/03/i-am-well-aware-of-the-toil-and-blood-and-treasure-it-will-cost-us-to-maintain-this-declaration-and-support-and-defend-these-states-yet-through-all-the-gloom-i-see-the-rays-of-ravishing-light-and-glor/#comment-628968 Hurray to Lafayette and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alliance" rel="nofollow">treaty of alliance</a>:wink: Vive les Etats-Unis d'Amérique ! Hurray to Lafayette and the treaty of alliance :wink: Vive les Etats-Unis d’Amérique !

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