Wednesday, July 3, 2013

July 4th...

July 4, 2013

We speak of liberty and freedom with our lips
Yet with our minds and our hearts we devise plans of bondage and control;
We say that we honor the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Yet these ideals are neglected by a people overcome with complacency and usurped by a leadership obsessed with arrogance;
Years of sacrifice and shed blood are forsaken for a fleeting moment of appeasement;
Our present path is leading us to a place of desolation and indenture
Where they speak of liberty and freedom but little is found;
Let us awaken fully from our slumber
Arise, O We the People, that a turning may begin
May we restore that which is precious and rebuke that which is worthless
Stand boldly for liberty
Stand bravely for freedom

The Declaration of Independence
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

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...

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.