Comments on: “Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!”

By: Michigan-Matt

Michigan-Matt — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:55:19 +0000

filter?

By: Michigan-Matt

Michigan-Matt — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:54:23 +0000

Bruce, my classmates and I in 3rd grade had to memorize that speech and when in 8th grade my folks took our family to see Red Hill, Patrick Henry’s home, it all came to life and every chance I had at Michigan I took American Revolutionary era history. Henry was but one of many great leaders of the time; where are those modern Henrys now?

http://www.redhill.org/

The best writing of Mr Henry’s was his two additions to the VA DofRights… the father of the DofI. He added the following two amendments:

“15. That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our CREATOR and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.”

I really wish that more parents would take time to visit places like Red Hill and Mt Vernon and even Monticello with their kids… rather than DisneyWorld or SixFlags or SeaWorld.

There is so much more we need to teach the next generation about the gifts of our Founding Fathers and their original sacrafice.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:45:24 +0000

Speaking of turds, notice what The Snob’s friends in Iran had to say the other day:

http://online.wsj.com/video/iran-sees-no-change-in-us-policy/4B8E76B3-5F65-48A6-B0F1-C843638B6F5D.html

So much for Hopey Changey and making the world like us again.

We. Are. So. Screwed.

Regards,
Peter H.

By: V the K

V the K — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:31:57 +0000

I ordered my copy, but not from those Progressive turds at Amazon.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:26:01 +0000

#6 – V, the new book by Levin just hit #1 on Amazon.com’s list today:

http://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Tyranny-Conservative-Mark-Levin/dp/1416562850/ref=pd_ts_b_1?ie=UTF8&s=books

The revolution will be live-blogged.

Regards,
Peter H.

By: Michigan-Matt

Michigan-Matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:13:50 +0000

Bruce, it is a great speech… and there were dozens of them given by many now-forgotten patriots in the lead up to the DofI. Henry’s and his kin’s speeches are remembered because their side got to write the history books on our great Revolt. Think how different it would have been if the patriots had lost, Henry and Washington and Madison and Franklin and Adams viewed as traitors and hung, their lands confiscated by the crown and given to Gen Howe et al… the Henry family were great contributors to our Nation’s moral fabric and their homestead, Red Hill today, is far more worthy of visit than a week spent at DisneyWorld.

I’ve always liked Patrick Henry’s additions to the VA DofRights… “15. That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our CREATOR and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.”

You’re right to inquire: Where are the modern Patrick Henrys? Where are the champions of their tenets?

By: Anniee451

Anniee451 — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:50:08 +0000

This speech makes me cry every single time I read it. I like the forewords by the people who were there, who say that he didn’t read this (much less of the TOTUS) but spoke it…with his voice gradually growing to the final crescendo, in which he was shouting with great passion.

You know, it isn’t even necessary for people to write new speeches “like” this – so many of the old ones are still perfectly serviceable and need only be brought back for all of us to hear again. They are perfect for stirring the hearts of real patriots and making doubting Thomases *into* patriots.

By: V the K

V the K — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:56:28 +0000

Mark Levin’s new book on Liberty and Tyranny came out today. Who’s for book-clubbing it?

By: GayPatriot

GayPatriot — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:37:55 +0000

Yes, DH… I noticed that line immediately, too!

By: DoorHold

DoorHold — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:53:28 +0000

â€œMr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope.”

THAT one lept off the page …

By: ILoveCapitalism

ILoveCapitalism — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:31:27 +0000

we have and Oprah-fied President in the White House

And, as if on cue, here is the Dear Teleprompter’s school-girl giggling over the state of the economy:

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/23/kroft-to-obama-are-you-punch-drunk/

By: Ashpenaz

Ashpenaz — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:32:41 +0000

I tricked the filter!!!

By: Ashpenaz

Ashpenaz — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:31:58 +0000

The reason you don’t hear these kinds of speeches is because no one reads the Bibl anymore. This is a thoroughly Scriptural speech–but most people, in this culture’s optimistic atheism, wouldn’t recognize them. Just us grumpy ol’ Christias who see salvation, both temporal and eternal, in these Holy Words.