"...After the Declaration of Independence was signed, Virginia statesman John Page wrote to Thomas Jefferson:
'We know the race is not to the swift nor the
battle to the strong.
Do you not think an angel rides
in the whirlwind and directs this storm?'
Much time has passed since Jefferson arrived for his inauguration.
The years and changes accumulate.
But the themes of this day he would know:
our nation's grand story of courage and its simple dream of dignity.
We are not this story's author, who fills time and eternity with his purpose.
Yet his purpose is achieved inour duty,
and our duty is fulfilled in service to one another.
Never tiring, never yielding, never finishing, we renew that purpose today,
to make our country more just and generous, to affirm the dignity of our lives and every day life.
This work continues. This story goes on.
And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm."
President George W. Bush--Inaugural Address--January 20, 2001With your Donation, the FReeRepublic will ride this storm.