Declaration Of Independence Preamble

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[datura]

In Congress, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

[datura]

Our wise Founders words are forgotten by the drug addled, communist indoctrinated Left. Their use of - and abuse of - blacks has gone on for hundreds of years. This has caused much of the black culture to remain on their abuser’s modern plantation. Stockholm Syndrome writ large.

We are facing the distinct possibility that we will enter a new Civil War against the communists who live amongst us, who bear no identifying uniform, but whose lives are quite different from those of us who are Americans.

This resembles a broken marriage, and no amount of counseling will fix it now. The divorce will not be civil, but there will indeed be a victor.

And it won’t be them.

[SkyDancer]

A Dear John letter to England.

[datura]

ALL lives matter, not just “black” ones!!! There is no “superior race”, all are judged by The Lord by their deeds rather than their skin.

Godless communists (Democrats) have their own religion of identity politics and worship the State, just like their Chinese Communist Party owners.

Conservatives (note I did not say Republicans) only care about deeds and actions - all are welcome - our side believes in Liberty and America.

The Democrats founded and manned the KKK, fought to maintain segregation, opposed the Civil Rights Act, and most importantly they push for Planned Parenthood - the greatest killer of black Americans in history. Nearly 640,000 black babies were aborted in 2018.

Joe Biden was great friends with Grand Kleagle and Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd of the KKK - as was Pelosi. Racism is the core component of Democrat politics.

[RicocheT]

Thanks for posting and reminding us of these great words and thoughts. Our founding fathers, frail humans yet created by God with potential and choice, displayed intelligence and good intentions for their fellow citizens that are still relevant today for all of us.

[datura]

It is no wonder they no longer teach these words or emotions to the kids these days.

Thank you

[ConservativeInPA]

ALL lives matter

I respectfully disagree, and our founding fathers would disagree too. Do not conflate "all lives matter" with our founding documents just because some blacks say "black lives matter" to the exclusion of white, Asians, and aboriginals. Men are created with equal rights, but not equal abilities or outcomes. But that has nothing to do with the choices we face today. Our founders saw fit to take the lives of their former countrymen because some lives mattered more than others. It is a very clear choice that must be made that when someone wants to take your freedom, your liberty, your livelihood and your life. Their lives must no longer matter if you value yours. This is why we righteously fight wars for our freedom and our culture. You have a choice to make. Your life or theirs. Which life matters to you?

[vpintheak]

These words stand out to me the most right now:

and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.

People grow accustomed to, and many learn to enjoy their chains.

[datura]

Very true, when someone chooses to remove another person’s rights, their pursuit of life, liberty and happiness, that aggressor loses their God given rights.

If all choose to allow the liberty and freedom of others, there would be peace. As long as one race - abetted by liberals - says one race has more rights than others, there should be pushback. Violent if necessary.

Our opponents assume kindness is weakness.

As a former infantry soldier for many years, the choice you mention is a reflex. They lose.

[datura]

But is that laziness? “May your chains rest lightly upon you” doesn’t sit well with most of us.

“Better to die on my feet than live in my knees”.

[icclearly]

"and no amount of counseling will fix it now. The divorce will not be civil, but there will indeed be a victor.

And it won’t be them."

How right you are, my friend!! The only part I might disagree on is "And it won’t be them."

I hope you are right, but two generations of our society have been through indoctrination at all levels of their education and supported by practically every form of media known to man and it is not a pretty sight. That's all they've been fed their entire life! Their minds are warped beyond repair.

This is the beginning -- not the end.
 

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These Are George Floyd Protesters

Click on image to read the story from the Federalist posted on FR

We Knew This Was Coming Over 20 Years Ago

 

The Authors of The Fourth Turning Explain It All In A Very Straightforward Way In 1997 - There is more to come

 

Listen For The First 45 Seconds

Click on the image to listen

[loveliberty2]

Trump: "Yet today, 240 years after the Revolution, we have turned things completely upside-down." - Donald Trump

And it's not just about jobs and economic opportunity. It's about freedom, exercise of "Creator-endowed rights and liberties," and opportunity for each citizen, not just self-appointed elitists who fancy themselves as entitled to make decisions for all.

See this web site, at which Richard Frothingham's outstanding 1872 "History of the Rise of the Republic of the United States" may be read on line.

This 600+-page history traces the ideas which gave birth to the American founding. Throughout, Richard Frothingham, the historian, develops the idea that it is "the Christian idea of man" which allowed the philosophy underlying the Declaration of Independence and Constitution to become a reality--an idea which recognizes the individual and the Source of his/her "Creator"-endowed life, liberty and law.

Is there any wonder that the enemies of freedom, the so-called "progressives," do not promote such authentic histories of America? Their philosophy puts something called "the state," or "global interests" as being superior to individuals and requires a political elitist group to decide what role individuals are to play.

In other words, they must turn the Founders' ideas upside-down in order to achieve a common mediocrity for individuals and power for themselves.

Thomas Jefferson wrote to Roger Weightman on June 24, 1826:

" I should, indeed, with peculiar delight, have met and exchanged there congratulations personally with the small band, the remnant of that host of worthies, who joined with us on that day, in the bold and doubtful election we were to make for our country, between submission or the sword; and to have enjoyed with them the consolatory fact, that our fellow citizens, after half a century of experience and prosperity, continue to approve the choice we made. may it be to the world, what I believe it will be, (to some parts sooner, to others later, but finally to all,) the Signal of arousing men to burst the chains, under which monkish ignorance and superstition had persuaded them to bind themselves, and to assume the blessings & security of self-government. That form which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. all eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. the general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view. the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of god. these are grounds of hope for others. for ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them."

[veracious]

Amen. Please be sure to provide such info to those lost in modern UK and USA.

We judge men by their character and actions, not the color of their skin.

Modern US is judging all men by their color, including the lie about white being a basic problem. Such is racism, not against racism. Just as antifa is not as claimed against fascism, but completely fascist.

[DiogenesLamp]

that all men are created equal...

Clearly the only important words in the entire document.

The Declaration of Independence was only a commentary on the issue of slavery. It did absolutely nothing else of significance.

[yoe]

ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL...AT BIRTH...AFTER THAT IT IS UP TO THEM

[Jacquerie]

Recall the one indictment of George III among the twenty-seven in our Declaration of Independence that sums up most of the remaining twenty-six: “He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his assent to their Acts of pretended legislation.” In other words, the Founders viewed their legislatures as equivalent to Parliament and charged the king with revoking the English constitution and its protections.

Through his royal governors, he upset the balance of the English constitution in his colonies. He prorogued or dissolved colonial legislatures. He explored creating an artificial aristocratic estate designed to be isolated from the people. His Royal Navy set fire to Portland, Maine and Norfolk, Virginia. The cherished balance as practiced in England didn’t exist in America, where the king attempted to rule through prerogatives as if the Glorious Revolution never happened. Acts that he wouldn’t dare in England earned him a revolution in America.

[vpintheak]

“Most of us” are us. People like us on FR. The few real conservatives out there in our echo chamber. “People” as written there, is the majority. The majority would rather live in apathy and learn to live within the system, because freedom takes work.