He’s spectactular ..! I’m listening to the entire
speech now. I URGE everyone to listen to the whole
speech by this wise sage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stij8sUybx0&feature=player_embedded
Hubby and I finished watching, "Liberty - An American Revolution" last night. These were the last words in a statement read at the end of a FANTASTIC movie/series...
There’s a huge parade today, to celebrate the birth of a free government. I’m struck not so much by the celebration itself, which is grand and happy, but the reason for it. We’re not glorifying a victory won in the blood of one people over another--no city was reduced to ashes, no army conquered, no news of thousands slaughtered. Think of it, we’re celebrating a triumph of knowledge over ignorance, of liberty over slavery. The blessings of peace are throughout the continent. People from all ranks are marching. Farmers, mechanics, every tradesman’s boy rightly considers himself a principal in the business. This is the difference between a republican government and a monarchy in the minds of men. We are more than paid back for the sufferings of war and the disappointments of peace. So, it’s done. We have become a nation