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Post by oldarmybear on Sept 1, 2019 22:16:47 GMT -5
George Washington
Farewell Address — 1796 Category: Citizenship
Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
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Post by oldarmybear on Jan 5, 2022 16:11:23 GMT -5
“How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!” ― Thomas Jefferson
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Post by oldarmybear on Apr 8, 2022 18:45:54 GMT -5
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.
Samuel Adams
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Post by oldarmybear on Aug 19, 2022 16:34:44 GMT -5
"The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period." —George Washington (1783)
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Post by Real_News_Links on Aug 24, 2022 3:07:54 GMT -5
Writing the Constitution: Miracle in Philadelphia
Spring 1787. The American revolution had been won, but no one seemed to know how to govern the new nation. There was no chief executive, no agreement on taxes, or even how they should be collected. The country was teetering on the edge of anarchy. Something clearly had to be done, and quickly. What happened next is nothing short of a miracle. Historian Jay Cost tells the incredible story
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