Sons of Liberty

"one man's terrorist is another man's patriot."

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"Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter negatively by restraining our vices. The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions. The first is a patron, the last a punisher. Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil." -Thomas Paine

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As I listen and watch the uniquely American process of governing play out I am reminded again that at the core of the matter are a few very simple and core concepts. Concepts that our founding fathers held dear and voiced many times without regard to their personal safety and material wealth. The founding fathers were passionate men, relatively small in number, but who held on to their convictions and shook the world of tyrants. Where are the those leaders today, those voices against oppression, where are the Sons of Liberty?

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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.

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it,...

Declaration of Independence 1776

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