TYRANNY IN GOVERNMENT - Patrick Henry March 20, 1775 St. Johns Church, Richmond, Virginia MR. PRESIDENT: No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do, opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my … [Read more...]
Theodore Roosevelt on Immigration
The Democratic Party is destroying America by dividing America. We should always welcome immigrants, but only legally and on our terms. Let's require them to learn English so that we can communicate with them; so that we can teach them our heritage; so that they can assimilate, join the workforce, and pay taxes. So that they can make positive contributions to our society. Immigrants should be required to pledge allegiance to America. In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant … [Read more...]
What Country Ever Existed a Century And a Half Without a Rebellion?
"What country ever existed a century and a half without a rebellion? And what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure. Thomas Jefferson to … [Read more...]
Winston Churchill, “Never Was So Much Owed By So Many to So Few”
BATTLE OF BRITAIN, HOUSE OF COMMONS, AUG 20, 1940 - On August 15, the crisis of the battle of Britain was reached. All the resources of Fighter Command in the South were used. The most difficult and dangerous period of the Battle of Britain was between August 24 and September 6, when the German attack was directed against the R.A.F airfields in the South of England with considerable success. In this speech Churchill coined the phrase "The Few" to describe the R.A.F fighter-pilots. The phrase … [Read more...]
Reagan & Robert F. Kennedy Debate Vietnam 1967
On May 15, 1967, there was a fascinating debate between California’s new Republican governor, Ronald Reagan, and New York’s new Democratic senator, Robert F. Kennedy. The subject: the Vietnam War. The debate was titled “The Image of America and the Youth of the World,” and was billed by CBS as a “Town Meeting of the World.” It was broadcast from 10:00-11:00 P.M. EDT by CBS TV Network and CBS Radio Network. It was produced by later 60 Minutes brainchild Don Hewitt and hosted by CBS News … [Read more...]
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It … [Read more...]