Friday, July 4, 2014

John Adams: Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776



Adams comment is also worth remembering: "Not an empire, but a Republic, a Republic of laws, not men…while I live let me have a country, a free country…"

2 comments:

  1. Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor...

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  2. Remember Franklin speaking after another convention some years later: "A Republic, if you can keep it!"

    Signs point to the Republic having already slipped away.

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