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  • To Thomas Jefferson, December 16, 1788

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    “In 1949, DC (National Comics) produced this sam “In 1949, DC (National Comics) produced this same image and text originally for a 12 x 18” brown paper school book cover that was distributed to schools by the Institute for American Democracy, an offshoot of the Anti-Defamation League.” https://www.dc.com/blog/2017/08/25/superman-a-classic-message-restored
    “We have distressing accounts here from St. Dom “We have distressing accounts here from St. Domingo [Haiti]. It is the natural consequence of Slavery and must be expected every where. The Negroes are enraged at the opposition made to their relief and are determined, if not to relieve themselves, to punish their enemies.” —Thomas Paine, 1791
    "'Tis surprising to see how rapidly a panic will s "'Tis surprising to see how rapidly a panic will sometimes run through a country. All nations and ages have been subject to them. Britain has trembled like an ague at the report of a French fleet of flat-bottomed boats; and in the fourteenth century the whole English army, after ravaging the kingdom of France, was driven back like men petrified with fear; and this brave exploit was performed by a few broken forces collected and headed by a woman, Joan of Arc. Would that heaven might inspire some Jersey maid to spirit up her countrymen, and save her fair fellow sufferers from ravage and ravishment! Yet panics, in some cases, have their uses; they produce as much good as hurt. Their duration is always short; the mind soon grows through them, and acquires a firmer habit than before. But their peculiar advantage is, that they are the touchstones of sincerity and hypocrisy, and bring things and men to light, which might otherwise have lain forever undiscovered. In fact, they have the same effect on secret traitors, which an imaginary apparition would have upon a private murderer. They sift out the hidden thoughts of man, and hold them up in public to the world." —Thomas Paine, The American Crisis I, 1776
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    Veterans Day is about recognizing those who served Veterans Day is about recognizing those who served the cause of those with power, be it just and noble or sadistic. Those we appreciate today are the regular people who got caught up in the constant struggle for a more peaceful world, and served their nation. We should work for a world where we have no Vererans, in a world that has no wars.
    "When we contemplate the fall of empires and the e "When we contemplate the fall of empires and the extinction of the nations of the Ancient World, we see but little to excite our regret than the mouldering ruins of pompous palaces, magnificent museums, lofty pyramids and walls and towers of the most costly workmanship; but when the empire of America shall fall, the subject for contemplative sorrow will be infinitely greater than crumbling brass and marble can inspire. It will not then be said, here stood a temple of vast antiquity; here rose a babel of invisible height; or there a palace of sumptuous extravagance; but here, Ah, painful thought! the noblest work of human wisdom, the grandest scene of human glory, the fair cause of Freedom rose and fell." —Thomas Paine, January 6, 1789
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