From My Perspective - - -
The politically astute from another time and with firm convictions declared: IF we forget History, THEN we are doomed to repeat it! WHEN that begins to occur, it indicates a shift from the basic foundations and core values of what made our nation strong and prosperous. IF one chooses to ignore the Warning and Danger signs, THEN destructive consequences are not far away, On 11 September 2001, this nation was given a wakeup call regarding the dangerous world in which we live and the particular hatred toward this republic that has endeavored to promote Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness – with Liberty and Justice for all. More than 3,000 people died 8 years ago when Aircraft mercilessly flew into the World Trade Center Towers. Suddenly – lives and values were changed. The unbelievable was becoming a reality.
Our Founding Fathers enunciated clearly that ignorance is unacceptable if a nation is to preserve and honor the liberty it has been afforded. Part of their legacy to us includes: "We ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds, from being too strongly, and too early prepossessed in favor of other political systems, before they are capable of appreciating their own." --George Washington
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge; I mean, of the characters and conduct of their rulers." --John Adams
"A nation under a well regulated government should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support." --Thomas Paine
"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders." --Samuel Adams
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." --Thomas Jefferson
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." --James Madison
It is too easy to become numbered with those who forget the horrors of History. It is too easy to become lackadaisical (careless, indifferent).The synonyms include: “abstracted, disinterested, half-hearted, idle, inattentive, languishing, passive, slothful, spiritless, unconcerned…” In the early stages of the Abortion Debate, the Pro-Life groups would often appeal to a Biblical passage: Proverbs 24:1-12 (excerpts): “Don't envy evil people…For they spend their days plotting violence, and their words are always stirring up trouble. A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables. A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of knowledge is more powerful than a strong man…Wisdom is too much for a fool. When the leaders gather, the fool has nothing to say…The schemes of a fool are sinful; everyone despises a mocker. If you fail under pressure, your strength is not very great. Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don't stand back and let them die. Don't try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn't know about it. For God knows all hearts, and He sees you. He keeps watch…and He knows you knew! He will judge all people according to what they have done.” Will Health Reform actually fund abortions? Will Elderly and the very ill be counseled in terms of life-ending choices? Will health Care be rationed in the near-future? Do you care what is happening in our nation and with Tax Revenues? Do you “bury your head in the sand" and allow that debate is for politicians and others? The Judge of all people has spoken: “DON'T TRY TO AVOID RESPONSIBILITY BY SAYING YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.” You Know! You need to demonstrate that You Care! God Knows that You Know! God Cares and wants You To Care too! Consider these things with me!
The politically astute from another time and with firm convictions declared: IF we forget History, THEN we are doomed to repeat it! WHEN that begins to occur, it indicates a shift from the basic foundations and core values of what made our nation strong and prosperous. IF one chooses to ignore the Warning and Danger signs, THEN destructive consequences are not far away, On 11 September 2001, this nation was given a wakeup call regarding the dangerous world in which we live and the particular hatred toward this republic that has endeavored to promote Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness – with Liberty and Justice for all. More than 3,000 people died 8 years ago when Aircraft mercilessly flew into the World Trade Center Towers. Suddenly – lives and values were changed. The unbelievable was becoming a reality.
Our Founding Fathers enunciated clearly that ignorance is unacceptable if a nation is to preserve and honor the liberty it has been afforded. Part of their legacy to us includes: "We ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds, from being too strongly, and too early prepossessed in favor of other political systems, before they are capable of appreciating their own." --George Washington
"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge; I mean, of the characters and conduct of their rulers." --John Adams
"A nation under a well regulated government should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support." --Thomas Paine
"No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and Virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders." --Samuel Adams
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." --Thomas Jefferson
"A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives." --James Madison
It is too easy to become numbered with those who forget the horrors of History. It is too easy to become lackadaisical (careless, indifferent).The synonyms include: “abstracted, disinterested, half-hearted, idle, inattentive, languishing, passive, slothful, spiritless, unconcerned…” In the early stages of the Abortion Debate, the Pro-Life groups would often appeal to a Biblical passage: Proverbs 24:1-12 (excerpts): “Don't envy evil people…For they spend their days plotting violence, and their words are always stirring up trouble. A house is built by wisdom and becomes strong through good sense. Through knowledge its rooms are filled with all sorts of precious riches and valuables. A wise man is mightier than a strong man, and a man of knowledge is more powerful than a strong man…Wisdom is too much for a fool. When the leaders gather, the fool has nothing to say…The schemes of a fool are sinful; everyone despises a mocker. If you fail under pressure, your strength is not very great. Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don't stand back and let them die. Don't try to avoid responsibility by saying you didn't know about it. For God knows all hearts, and He sees you. He keeps watch…and He knows you knew! He will judge all people according to what they have done.” Will Health Reform actually fund abortions? Will Elderly and the very ill be counseled in terms of life-ending choices? Will health Care be rationed in the near-future? Do you care what is happening in our nation and with Tax Revenues? Do you “bury your head in the sand" and allow that debate is for politicians and others? The Judge of all people has spoken: “DON'T TRY TO AVOID RESPONSIBILITY BY SAYING YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.” You Know! You need to demonstrate that You Care! God Knows that You Know! God Cares and wants You To Care too! Consider these things with me!
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