The following is
an excerpt from For Our Children.
President Samuel Adams was there, as well. This is the
way he told it, “If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude
greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us in peace. We
seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds
you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.” Be
grateful for the world left specifically for you. It is fragile, to say the
least. It is with sincere regard that I pose these questions
to you. Is it the journey or the prize you seek? What do your children mean to
you? Are you one of us? I have answered your prayers, but your destiny is still
in play. There are more sacrifices to be made, more deeds to be done. The world
is far from safe. Therefore, never forget the words Mr. Kennedy challenged you
with, “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your
country.”
When I was a very young boy, my parents asked me a very
important question. I did not realize it
at the time, but it was a question that would define my behavior for a lifetime. They said, “If your friends all jumped off a
cliff, would you follow them?” Sound familiar? I replied with a simple, Of course not. Little did I know that would stay with me to
this day? Now on this day, America voted
for a President of the United States. It seems that a far greater number of
citizens prefer the idea of free things, handouts, and, in fact, socialism than
do the idea of being free and self-sufficient. My response to that social movement
of citizenship is, Of course not. I will never succumb to the gifts of tyrants. I choose freedom. I choose America. I choose Samual Adams. We are and will always be the light of the world. (Matthew 5: 14-16)
For Our Children is available at Amazon.com for your Kindle or Iphone at the price of a snickers bar...99 cents. http://www.amazon.com/Our-Children-Dialogue-American-ebook/dp/B009ZSW56K/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352338123&sr=1-1&keywords=for+our+children+a+dialogue
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