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First Principles: Life Is Not So Dear As To Purchased At the Price of Chains and Slavery
“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God.” – Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Convention, 1775
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Tagged Chains, Dear, First Principles, Life, Patrick Henry, Peace, Price, Purchased, Slavery, Speech to the Virginia Convention
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First Principles: All Slavery Should Be Held In Abhorrence
“Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total extirpation of slavery from the United States. … I have, throughout my whole life, held the practice of slavery in … abhorrence.” – John Adams (1819) The … Continue reading
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Tagged Abhorrent, Existing Slavery, Extirpation, First Principles, George Washington, John Adams, Prudence, Slavery, United States
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First Principles: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
“There is a just God who presides over the destines of nations … who will raise up friends to fight our battle for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chains, Courage, Death, Destiny, First Principles, God, Just, Liberty, Nation, Patrick Henry, Slavery, Vigilant
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Don Quixote – Cervantes
Cervantes was ransomed from Moorish slavery on September 19, 1580. Don Quixote is also know by its full title The Ingenious Nobleman Mister Quixote of La Mancha. It is the Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra which was published in … Continue reading
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Tagged Chivalry, Don Quixote, Harvard Classics, Knight, La Mancha, Moors, Novel, Sancho Panza, Slavery, Spanish Golden Age
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Freedom 1776 – 2017
Freedom 1776-2017 by Michael Romani In thinking on America’s revolution In the quest for sweet freedom’s contribution Each man willing to die to be free I confess puzzlement at this mystery That a people who sought so hard for liberty … Continue reading
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Tagged Calamity, Chattel, Christian, Confession, Freedom, Gettysburg, Heritage, Independence, Liberty, Mother Eve, Poem, Poetry, Proclamation, Reconciled, Revolution, Sacred, Slavery
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Thought For the Day: God Created All To Be Free
“God created every man to be free. The ability to choose whether to live free or enslaved, right or wrong, happy or in fear is something called freewill. Every man was born with freewill. Some people use it, and some … Continue reading
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Tagged Displaced Persons, Free Will, Freedom, God, Refugees, Slavery, Thought For the Day, World Refugee Day
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 