HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, EVERYONE!!!
So, what's everyone doing today for the Fourth of July? We're going to my aunt's house and other then that I'm not exactly sure WHAT we're doing...Of course, I'll tell you what we did later.
"There's the country of America, which you have to defend, but there's also the idea of America. America is more than just a country, it's an idea. An idea that's supposed to be contagious." ~Bono [I know it's Bono but it's still a cool quote...]
There is nothing wrong with America that the faith, love of freedom, intelligence and energy of her citizens cannot cure. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy. ~Margaret Thatcher
All great change in America begins at the dinner table. ~Ronald Reagan
"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!" ~Patrick Henry
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." ~Nathan Hale
"Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain."~John F. Kennedy [I thought THAT was definitely a cool quote. Wake up, everyone!]
"A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.~ John F. Kennedy [You know, I'm really liking this Kennedy guy!]
"And so, my fellow Americans... ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.~John F. Kennedy
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. ~Ronald Regan
The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. ~James Madison
Patriotism is not a short frenzied burst of emotion, but the long and steady dedication of a lifetime. ~Thomas Jefferson
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to ... remain silent. ~Thomas Jefferson
Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day. ~Thomas Jefferson
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ~George Washington
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. ~George Washington
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln [Whoa! That's a very interesting quote...does that make anyone think of anything?]
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"Boom! Sweersh! Balloobop!"
(That was me making firework sounds, aren't you proud?)
I hope you have fun today, no matter what you are doing.
We are going down to the theatre where we do plays a lot, because our parents have made a lot of friends there, and the city shoots off thousands of dollars of fireworks off the bridge. It'll be fun. And there will be food. Big BoogieBoogie! FOOD :D
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