GREAT QUOTES from ICH - 20150127 *** We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable 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; - -- Thomas Jefferson - (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President - Source: Declaration of Independence, June, 1776 *** Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer. - -- Thomas Paine - (1737-1809) US Founding father, pamphleteer, author *** Now Tom Said; Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin a guy Wherever a hungry new born baby cries Wherever theres a fight against the blood and hatred in the air Look for me ma Ill be there Wherever somebodys strugglin for a place to stand For a decent job or a helpin hand Wherever somebody is strugglin to be free Look in their eyes ma, Youll see me The ghost of Tom Joad - Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello - Watch / Listen https://youtube/watch?v=mzRbeHyIomk&feature=youtu.be
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 23:37:20 +0000