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.
