Tag: liberties
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Signing Your Own Death Warrant?
by Jerry Newcombe, New American Prophet, ©2026 (Aug. 7, 2026) — Put yourself in the buckled shoes of the founding fathers centuries ago, picking up a quill pen, and then signing your name on a document, the Declaration of Independence. This could have been signing your own death warrant. Last month we celebrated the 250th anniversary of the acceptance of…
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Declaration of Independence: Original Draft (1776)
“THE MOST UNREMITTING DESPOTISM” by James Still, ©2016, RetraceOurSteps.com (Aug. 1, 2016) — Thomas Jefferson used many opportunities to oppose slavery. One example is his Original Draft of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, writing almost 50 years later, praised Jefferson’s original draft. “I was delighted with its high tone, and the flights of Oratory…
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An Open Letter to the Boards of Education Nationwide
“THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE” by RoseAnn Salanitri, ©2013, TPATH (Jul. 29, 2013) — Dear Educator, Thomas Jefferson put it this way: “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” In his comment, Jefferson was not simply referring to ignorance…

