Surely you jest, Ray. "Either side of the present conflict" should have NO trouble reflecting on Thomas Paine's words....after all, we are AMERICAN, not German. (That's alright, I'm not sure what you were discussing before either...)
And please document your sources and/or links your links where you find the GOP "lying through its teeth in order to prevent democracy from occurring." And don't forget, America is a REPUBLIC, not a democracy. A nation of men ruled by laws, and not a nation ruled by mob rule (and changing the rules AFTER an election is an example of mob rule), IMO.
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. |
