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The Constitution Of The United States of America |
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The Bill Of Rights |
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The Declaration Of Independence |
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The Federalists Papers |
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BY THE CONSENT
OF THE GOVERNED |
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INDEPENDENCE DAY, which we celebrate each year on July 4th
is much more than just another holiday. It commemorates the greatest
single event in American history and deserves our serious attention.
The American Declaration of Independence, which was given to the
peoples of the world in 1776, is an assertion of the principles of
that form of government in which the human dignity and freedom of
the individual is recognized as the foundation upon which the
authority of sovereign power of the state properly can rest. It
declares that upon the dignity of the individual rests the dignity
of the state. It is a declaration that no proper government can
exist except by the consent of the governed.
It was this declaration of
the principal of the independence of the citizen backed by the
displayed willingness to fight for that principle, which relit
the long extinguished torch beckoning men to freedom throughout
the world. No document in modern history so stimulated the
morale of the peoples of the world. It inspired and encouraged
the whole revolutionary movement of the 18th century.
It is the underlying theme in the search for independence by
small nations today.
Unfortunately, the sound of the Liberty Bell of 1776 grows
dimmer. In to many places it's sturdy notes have been supplanted
by the weak tinkle of bells chained around the necks of
individuals seeking security under the domination of the state.
We Americans slowly but steadily are being molded to conform to
the big government pattern. It is a trend, and if we succumb to
it, we will lose everything that made this nation and brought it
to greatness because it will cost us individual initiative,
individual courage and individual thought.
The disappearance
of the sturdy, independent minded, freedom loving individual and his replacement
by a servile, mass mentality is one
of the GREATEST HUMAN MENACES OF OUR TIME. Freedom is not a
thing that can be imposed from without. It can only be created
from within. It's very essence is that of self creation. Nations do not, cannot make free men - men
make free nations. Freedom of the
individual is the foundation stone of American Liberty. The basic
"Rights" guaranteed to the people in the Constitution of the
United States, all of them, not just the ones that happen to
not effect certain individuals, are a
priceless heritage. When any "one of
our Rights" are
encroached upon, "every one of our Rights" are weakened and
we should all be shocked and outraged to action.
The message
of the Liberty Bell ringing on July 4th, 1776, has been
listened to with rapt attention by men all over the world because
it proclaimed the freedom of man. Listen carefully for the sound
of this bell to make sure it is ringing in your heart and in the
hearts of everyone you know. The future of America and of the free
world depend on you and me.
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| American Rifleman |
| July,
1961 |
| Author
unknown |
| Reprinted with
permission |
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| I am freeing men from the
burden of freedom which only a few can bear.
Adolf Hitler |
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| Among the many misdeeds of
the British in India, history will look upon the act
of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
Gandhi, From his Autobiography <The Story of My Experiments
With The Truth> |
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"The Constitution does not
say government shall decree the right to keep and bear arms.
The Constitution says 'the right of the
people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
President Ronald Reagan |
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We find in the Bill of
Rights Amendment 2, authorizing a decentralized militia,
guaranteeing the right of the people to keep
and bear arms. Earl
Warren, Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court - 1953-1969 |
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The most foolish mistake we could make would be to allow the
subjected people to
carry arms; history shows that all
conquerors who have allowed their
subjected people to carry arms have prepared their own fall.
Adolf Hitler - From speech of March 18, 1938 |
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"The Bill of Rights contained in the first ten amendments to the
Constitution, is every American's
guarantee of freedom."
President Harry S.
Truman |
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| "Let us remember that if
we suffer tamely a lawless attack on our liberty,
we encourage it."
Samuel Adams |
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inescapable that the history, concept, and wording of The
Second Amendment
... as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and
court in the first half century after its ratification, indicates
that what is protected is an individual right of a private citizen
to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner.
U.S. Senate
Subcommittee
on the Constitution,
1982 |
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"The people never
give up their freedom . . .
Except under some delusion."
Edmund Burke |
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"No man who refuses to
bear arms can give sound reason why he should be allowed to live in a free
country" Teddy
Roosevelt |
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"Any Person Willing To Give Up
A Freedom For A Security . . .
Shall Have Neither"
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Benjamin Franklin |
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"Ideas Are More
Powerful Than Guns. We Don't Let
The People Have Guns.
Why Should We Let Them Have Ideas"?
Joseph Stalin |
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"Necessity is the
plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of
tyrants. . . . . It is the creed of slaves."
William
Pitt |
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"The people never give
up their freedom . . .
Except under some delusion." Edmund Burke |
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