[TurboZamboni]

“one nation,under surveillance with Obamacare and EBT for all” .

[Theodore R.]

Most pupils today can’t learn or won’t bother to learn excerpts from the Declaration of Independence. It has little meaning to them.

[VerySadAmerican]

“What difference does it make?” - Hillary Clinton

[Rusty0604]

” I am not, nor ever hsve been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races...” Abe Lincoln in his fourth debate with Stephen Douglas in 1858.
“If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I would resign my commission and offer my sword to the other side.” Ulysses Grant
“Southern soldiers argued that the legacy of the Founding Fathers was not so much the Union as the principle of self-government.” The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods, Jr., Phd

[iowamark]

Mr. DiLorenzo is not an historian. His version of US history is phony as a three dollar bill.

[blam]

The Flags of the American Revolution

[Boogieman]

Oh, how can this be? I’ve gotten in many an argument with FReepers who tell me that states simply can’t withdraw from the Union, because it is indivisible. One of them even tried to assert that we might be able to secede, but only if we got Congressional approval first!

[Oatka]

Here's something most don't know:

Fate of the Signers of the Declaration.

[Sherman Logan]

"We must not, in behalf of either of the Union of Freedom, trample down the great truth that ‘governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed.’"

True enough. But since SC was holding well over 50% of "the governed" in chattel bondage, it's unlikely they "consented."