“If this case or others do not get a fair hearing, then I will have to assume that the constitution is not worth the parchment it is written on.”
The constitution has always been “just words”, the worth was/is in the people who believe, and apply the principles stated in the document. When they are gone the words are meaningless. By the way you should strike through the word “die” in your tagline, some people are offended by it.
No I will not. Nobody has complained until now, you.
“Live Free or Die” is the motto of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. It is on thier license plates for cry’in out loud.
Also Patrick Henry’s famed March 23, 1775 speech: “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
I truly believe in these statements; it is how I feel and I suspect most people here feel the same way.
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The Constitution is not just words to me!! It is the law we live by. Too much blood has been spilt over these “just words” as you say.
It is an insult to our fallen warriors be it 200 years ago or recently.
By the way you should strike through the word “die” in your tagline, some people are offended by it.
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Since you’re relatively new to these parts and maybe are unfamiliar with American history, allow me to describe just what those words mean.
LIVE FREE .... OR DIE
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New Hampshire Almanac >State Emblem
State Motto. The words “Live Free or Die,” written by General John Stark, July 31, 1809, shall be the official motto of the state.
It was the 1945 Legislature that gave New Hampshire its official motto and emblem, as World War II approached a successful end.
The motto became “Live Free Or Die,” as once voiced by General John Stark, the state’s most distinguished hero of the Revolutionary War, and the world famous Old Man of the Mountain was voted the official state emblem.
The motto was part of a volunteer toast which General Stark sent to his wartime comrades, in which he declined an invitation to head up a 32nd anniversary reunion of the 1777 Battle of Bennington in Vermont, because of poor health.
The toast said in full: “Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst of Evils.” The following year, a similar invitation (also declined) said: “The toast, sir, which you sent us in 1809 will continue to vibrate with unceasing pleasure in our ears, “Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils.”
http://www.nh.gov/nhinfo/emblem.html
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Would you choose any other way in which to live?