Posted on 07/04/2025 8:19:40 AM PDT by janetjanet998
Paul Harvey on the Declaration of Independence Paul Harvey describes what our forefathers gave up to start this country
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Thank you very much and God bless you.
I watched this last year and will every 4th
He goes over the sacrifices of 56 signers
https://rumble.com/v3ginba-paul-harvey-on-the-declaration-of-independence.html
I have about thirty on my email list. I will forward it to them.
Excellent.
Bump
I always thought it was Franklin. Dunno why.
Thanks for this post.
“I always thought it was Franklin. Dunno why.”
I watched a movie on TV this morning. It supposedly was a docu-drama. In it they broached this subject and that conversation was in the movie but I have forgotten who said it. ;-(
It was not Franklin but do not remember who.
But on further thought, it is actually one of the oldest nations that have survived and prospered under a continuously practiced form of government. Since our independence, most European nations have convulsed through revolutions, monarchies, coups, or other political upheavals; therefore they are not as old because they have not been anchored to such a moral and revered set of founding documents to guide them.
Though deeply respected, Jefferson was feared to be a bit of
a firebrand to his colleagues. As a result, the gathering
assigned Franklin and John Adams, Robert Livingston and Roger
Sherman to provide editorial advice to Jefferson. It is through
their wise counsel that we are left with the ‘pursuit of
happiness’ instead of the ‘pursuit of property’.
Jefferson got that verbatum from John Locke. It should have been kept “property”.
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