A patriot is somebody who says what needs to be said, does what needs to be done, even if it means personal risk and sacrifice.
Fortunately, we have many American patriots showing us how to do it today.
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7/04/2009
7/04/2008
happy fourth of july
I find myself caught today between thoughts of what we have become and what we can become.
How we deal with the people in our government giving terrible, illegal orders will say a lot about whether we're still the revolutionaries, or whether it is we ourselves who are tending toward Despotism and Tyranny, we ourselves who have become the System of Government that must be altered.
What does Independence mean to those who are not free? What does it mean to us as citizens who have a responsibility to ensure their freedom? What does it say about our citizenship if we fail to do so?
Hope is stronger than fear. Tolerance is stronger than hatred. We can make this country better.
Will we?
How we deal with the people in our government giving terrible, illegal orders will say a lot about whether we're still the revolutionaries, or whether it is we ourselves who are tending toward Despotism and Tyranny, we ourselves who have become the System of Government that must be altered.
What does Independence mean to those who are not free? What does it mean to us as citizens who have a responsibility to ensure their freedom? What does it say about our citizenship if we fail to do so?
Hope is stronger than fear. Tolerance is stronger than hatred. We can make this country better.
Will we?
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