Posted on 07/03/2020 8:04:43 PM PDT by DoodleBob
This is the day when we celebrate the very essence of America and the spirit that has defined us as a people and as a nation for more than two centuries. Even now, all these years later, we still look in awe at the small band of patriots who stood up and risked everything, and defied an empire to declare “that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states.”
We're amazed at the debt to a founding generation that gave their blood to give meaning to those words, pledging to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. And we celebrate the principles that are timeless —- tenets first declared by men of property and wealth, but which gave rise to what Lincoln called a “new birth of freedom” in America: civil rights and voting rights, workers’ rights and women’s rights, and the rights of every American.
And on this day that is uniquely American, we’re reminded that our Declaration, our example, made us a beacon to the world, not only inspiring people to demand their own freedom -- from Latin American to Africa, from Europe to Asia -- but even now, in this time, these ideals still light the world.
Two hundred and thirty-four years later, the words are just as bold, just as revolutionary, as they were when they were first pronounced: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
These are not simply words on aging parchment. They are the principles that define us as a nation, the values we cherish as a people...
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"patriots"..."men"..."Lincoln"..."Creator"...You know things are messed up when past remarks by Obama aren't "woke" enough for today's cancel culture.
The wokenistas are going to be restless.
“patriots”...”men”...”Lincoln”...”Creator”...You know things are messed up when past remarks by Obama aren’t “woke” enough for today’s cancel culture”.
President Trump is giving the Cancel Culture the American middle finger.
Reagan never moved me the way djt does. What a fighter
Look at the date and speaker. Open mouth, insert foot.
I am so surprised Obama ever said anything so eloquent. Of course, it was written for him, still, he had the grace to say those words.
I cannot picture a President Hillary or Biden saying anything like this nowadays. A smart reporter would quote this and ask Biden if he feels the same way.
Trump brought the hammer down on the Marxist tonight.
BAM!
I like this man! He fights!
If he loses this election it will literally mean the end of America as we know it and it will happen fast.
“...Reagan never moved me the way djt does. What a fighter...”
Amen!!! Whadda speech tonight!!! Powerful!
2010?
Yep...these are words spoken by Obama...they’re literally racist and sexist etc. in the eyes of today’s left.
Amazing how the little putz could conceal his hatred for America while he was spilling these lies. What he said was true. He was acting the patriot. But it’s like the Devil reading Scripture.
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