" . . . there was a golden age on Atlantis only 11,500 years ago. And that golden age went down when Atlantis sank and it has never been regained. The nation closest to Atlantis is America, which has been sponsored by Saint Germain since its birth. It is because of this presence of Saint Germain in the land that there is a 'peculiar people' here, a people who desire to enter into the Godhead, who do not fear to walk alone nor to attain union with God through the ritual of the ascension." —Lanello. February 26, 1997 "I, the Lord thy God, stand within the midst, O children of the sun; I AM for the repentance and the restoration of the true Israel in the United States of America. I AM come with vision of the restoration of the City Foursquare, built upon the likeness of the four living creatures. And the name of the city is THE LORD IS HERE." —Sanat Kumara, May 13, 1979 " . . . Blessed hearts, this continent belongs to the people who inhabit it, not to the fallen angels who have taken it from them at every hand. I say, claim the earth beneath your feet and claim it for the age of Aquarius! Claim it for Saint Germain! Claim it for Freedom! Claim it for the Lightbearers! For unless you take a stand with the armies of heaven, these armies of Hell pitted and poised to defeat you [will do just that]!"—Saint Germain "In America we have some understanding of the role of Kali. We find American women extremely active and aggressive in all kinds of social movements in defense of the people, in defense of their children. We see that men in America can be more passive." —Elizabeth Clare Prophet, January 25, 1977 "He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance." —The Declaration of Independence Ben Franklin said, "We've given you a Republic IF you can keep it." "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."—Abraham Lincoln "In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress." —John Adams (1735-1826) "America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine Providence in behalf of the human race." —Ralph Waldo Emerson "America . . . they are trying to weaken you; they are trying to disarm your strong and magnificent country . . . I call upon you: ordinary working men of America . . . do not let yourselves become weak."—Alexander Solzhenitsyn "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded not by religionists but by Christians, not on religions but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ."—Patrick Henry "There is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness."—George Washington "Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society."—James Madison (Federalist No. 14, 20 November 1787) "I have unwittingly destroyed my country. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world—no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and duress of a small group of dominant men." —Woodrow Wilson "Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country."—Noah Webster "Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants."—William Penn "I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as American citizens. The time is come . . . when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship. America's future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God's government."—Peter Marshall "We have to get back to the values and perceptions of those wise old dead white guys who invented this country."—Charlton Heston "You know how Congress is. They'll vote for anything if the thing they vote for will turn around and vote for them. Politics ain't nothing but reciprocity." —American humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) "All gave some Some gave all." |
| The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores; send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door." (A poem by Emma Lazarus is graven on a tablet within the pedestal on which the statue stands.) |
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(America never was America to me.) Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed— (It never was America to me.) O, let my land be a land where Liberty Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark? I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
Who said the free? Not me?
first published in Esquire (July 1936) |
The following is a poem written by Judge Roy Moore from Alabama. Judge Moore was sued by the ACLU for displaying the Ten Commandments in his courtroom foyer. He has been stripped of his judgeship and now they are trying to strip his right to practice law in Alabama. The judge's poem sums it up quite well. |
America the Beautiful, or so you used to be. Land of the Pilgrims' pride; I'm glad they'll never see. Babies piled in dumpsters, abortion on demand, Oh, sweet land of liberty; your house is on the sand. Our children wander aimlessly, poisoned by cocaine, Choosing to indulge their lusts, when God has said abstain. From sea to shining sea, our Nation turns away From the teaching of God's love and a need to always pray. We've kept God in our temples, how callous we have grown. |
" . . . Columbia, the gem of the ocean!
The Promised Land is before thee, o each son of heaven! It speaks
of divine majesty, of the one star and the many stars upon the
field of honor blue. It speaks of the use of energy as God intends.
The white purity, yea! And also the washing out and transmutation
of the red dye of violence and hatred and its change into the
golden radiance of the love of God flowing through the veins of
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" . . . Remember that I have told you, remember that I have shown you a vision. The choice is truly upon the shoulders of those who have been sponsored by Saint Germain to raise up the divine document of the Constitution and who, in a declaration of independence, apart from and separate from those fallen angels, have chosen to be one nation under God. "May you find union in the Light, determination and strength in the Vision. For surely it shall come to pass that one or the other shall be the history of this land according to your choosing." |
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" . . . And if the white-fire core representatives of Alpha and Omega, if the components of the capstone of [the great pyramid of the civilization America, which corresponds to] the crown and the third eye [chakras of the nation,] now be activated, [the components who are] those special disciples of light invoking the judgment daily and hourly, then you will see how swiftly those who are unreal will drop [by the wayside] and cease from their courses and no longer have the will to fight or the will to continue in the defense of Evil, [for their strength shall fail them]. " . . . I, Helios, now touch all upon Earth who are designated as divine parents in the coming 33 year spiral. " . . . Remember Helios. Remember
the mantle. Remember the judgment. Remember the light and the
enemy. 'I AM a lightbearer from the Central Sun. This Earth is
not my permanent abode and I seek no continuing city here but
only the pad, the base of the pyramid of life, for my own consummation
of Love and the transcending of cycles after I [shall] have rendered
the utmost service of Love and pursued the dharma of the Buddha
on behalf of the Buddha's own.'" |
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" . . . And the [Divine Us] concept
is that for the purposes of acting out our roles in the great
drama of life, some of us have to be the Spirit [white fire core]
and some of us have to be the Matter [not yet generally taking
major initiations in the white fire ray and/or within the white
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"America is beset with the karma that the nation has made since its inception two centuries ago. It is beset with ancient records of Atlantis not yet paid. And it is bowed down by a false teaching that is not that of the Christ concerning this karma, concerning accountability. "So many false teachers abound and so little discrimination is exercised, even in the New Age movement. Wherever there is a claim or a personality or a new fad or some other exploration into the psychic, there do they run like chickens for feed. "Blessed hearts, find the truth of Being in yourself. Find others who have that truth of Being. And watch out, for the disease of the carnal mind is idolatry. Most people on or off the spiritual path are idolatrous of themselves, quite pleased with their meager knowledge and even less attainment, which they deem to be great. "Know ye not that the first step on the Path is one of humility and self-effacement? "The first step beyond this is forgiveness toward all life. "Do not jump into the arena of learning to be a psychic channel. Do not jump into those areas where you again jeopardize the soul. For this channeling is a form of spiritism and it does rob you of the very sheath of light that does protect the physical body and the chakras, and this energy once spent is not replenished. "Thus, when you experience exhaustion instead of a recharge in the presence of a channel, know that your energy is being drained to sustain that communication, which cannot be from an Ascended Master if it does drain you. "Therefore shun the discarnate entities that come prattling about this and that while the stakes of human existence hang. They hang heavy, beloved, for it is a century that can be the springboard to a golden age but more likely will go down in defeat unless such as you rise to a new fervor of determination to spread the word of the karma descending, the prophecy of the decade and its signs in the astrology of the Four Horsemen. "Remember, then, the prophecy of Jesus Christ for that karma descending that America must face, and recognize that to divert it will mean [that her people must offer] a mighty act of invocation of sacred fire, of violet flame, of diligence." |
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"Is it any wonder then, seeing that this was my dream and the dream of Almighty God and the heavenly hierarchy, that the powers of darkness and shadow should seek to destroy this land and bring an enormous blight into this land to create destruction everywhere by strife and by confusion? "Let me understand then in the depths
of my soul why the conditions that presently exist in America
do exist, that by my understanding you may have imparted to you
by a form of osmosis the understanding that is within my heart.
I do not find fault or desire to chasten individuals. I do not "I want you to ponder upon that for a moment as you grasp the principle that when men have an idea, the first thing that they do for the idea is to seek support for it. They want to find people who will agree with them. And thus if their idea is based upon ignorance and they can find enough individuals to support their ignorance, they think that they are right and that their idea ought to remain a permanent part of life. And therefore they tell it to their children, and they tell it to their children's children, and it is printed and bound in books, and it remains as a perpetuation of defamatory truth, for it defames the real. "I want you to understand then that the plot is legion, the plot is dispersed and spread abroad, and many good people have put their hand to the plow that plows a wrong furrow, a crooked furrow, and they have supposed that it was straight because in their consciousness the concept seemed so right. I remind you then that these individuals have been able to compromise the very faith that they possess and that they claim is real. They have compromised it and found an excuse for going forth into the world and performing acts of perfidy against their brothers. "You would be amazed if I were to tell you today, for example, that which has been done in the world of finance in America alone, not to speak of the world-corruption and crookedness beyond mankind's comprehension, which has sought to defraud not only the children of this generation, but of generations yet unborn of their heritage, of their right, and of the very clothes that they should wear upon their backs. But we are not so much concerned with the material inheritance of mankind as we are for the spiritual; for it is the spiritual inheritance that is obscured and that has been altered, and a thrust made against it again and again in myriad ways. "You may wonder why I choose this day to speak on this subject. Because, beloved ones, it is only this day that you are sure of. None of you are able for certain to claim tomorrow. And today is the day when I feel-while men are conscious of the crown of thorns, which they really ought not to be —that I desire to teach them that there is a way to blunt and break those thorns in mortal consciousness and in the world of form and to bring America into a breathing awareness of her great destiny. "For the destiny of America is very much in my heart, solely because America is, in effect today, the key to the destiny of the world. The ascended masters do not actually work for only one nation; they work for the entire human family. And therefore I am taken in consciousness back to the time of Nimrod and the Tower of Babel, and I am aware of the fact that those who came together in that sun-drenched city and watched Nimrod as he sought to build his vast tower into the heavens did not fully comprehend the meaning of oneness. And yet they did disperse and spread abroad through their proximity those negative qualities which were the bane of mortal existence at the time. And therefore it was the will of God that they be dispersed into many places upon this rich terrain of the earth. "I say to you all then that as the
ages have passed, the dream of God has constantly been to find
a place where a kingdom could be set up that men might enjoy the
fruits of freedom and be blessed. America was chosen, and I myself
played a mighty part in its forging destiny. My writings in the
Novum Organum as Francis Bacon and all of the work which I did
in England, merrie olde England, was also a service unparalleled,
according to my cosmic peers, on behalf of the cause of freedom.
And thus they have seen fit to award unto me the title of the
God "I give it unto you, for I myself would rather by far that the crown that I have received should rest upon your head and the heads of all mankind than just upon my own. I hope that you will understand this, for every individual who is raised from mortal consciousness into the realm of immortality recognizes the tremendous debt he has for his freedom to mankind. "I want you to know that it was embodied individuals around me that provided me with the various tests which I passed that enabled me to obtain my freedom. It was not always those who were kind to me that enabled me to pass the tests. Many times it was a result of those who were unkind to me and my reaction to it that enabled me to pass the test. For God tries every man's work that he may see as to just whether an individual is ready for the next step. "And thus America is currently being tried, for the karma of America rests heavily at the present moment. And as the sword of Damocles hangs over the head of the American people, I remain at your side! I stand with you! [audience rises] I stand for you! I remain to assist you! And I am determined that we will together roll back the aggressive tide that has sought through the youth of America and their intents to destruct this great country and to torpedo its bastions. Won't you please be seated. "How is this to be brought about? As this beloved messenger has told you, they have control of mass media and of practically all of the books; and all of the media of distribution are in the hands of the commercial and vested interests of the world. It has come to the place, precious ones, where politicians scarcely dare to breathe for fear they will draw enough energy from God to blow over some straw man. Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand there are so many vested interests in the world that they are crowding one another, and thus they scarcely can open their mouth to tell it for fear that they will be criticized, their support withdrawn, and the political office which they seek denied to them? "We do not think that this is proper. We do not think that this is correct. We do not think that this is a standard for a candidate to a public office of high stature to have. We feel that everyone aspiring to these high offices should recognize that they ought to be the greatest and most dedicated public servant. Yet at the same time, today it is scarcely possible for any ordinary individual, regardless of his intelligence, to find and seek the highest office in this land, that of president of the United States. For vast sums of money are needed to control media and to release to the news and to the American public that information which is calculated to enable the candidate to become elected. "I say unto you all then that during this election year, you must be extremely diligent, although you have no choice. You may ask why I say this. I say it because the greatest pressure and power in the world is the power of the ascended-master students and the students of the light when they decree for right action on the part of the politicians who still to this present moment fear the opinions and the thoughts of mortal men. If you don't believe it, look at how they pay attention to the polls. "I say to you then, you have no choice because the powers that be have established in all cases control in advance over the candidates that they seek to have nominated. We call this to your attention so that you will not be so much interested in the choices as you will be actually in the manifestation of obedience to the divine precepts that the elected candidate should follow. "However, I think that there is a
lesser of the two evils and I presume that we will throw our support
one way or the other at the proper time. Yet understand we cannot
possibly announce it from the platform or reveal it through these
messengers, for our constituency is actually itself divided and
we do not presume to dictate the political opinions of those who
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"This was for a very good reason. It was in part to protect the golden-age civilization that I envisioned would one day thrive in the New World. The golden age, I believed, would see its beginnings in North and South America and then sweep the world around. "But before that was to take place, my goal was (and still is) to protect this hemisphere from a karma not native to the people of the Americas—a karma carried on the backs of aliens from other planets and systems of worlds who settled beyond the seas among the peoples of the Near and Far East and the Indian subcontinent." |
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" . . . The Constitution of the United
States was not a compact entered into by the states, but it was
the law of the land as formulated and ratified by the American
people. There can only be 'Liberty and Union, now and forever,
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and of the founding of a great nation. I come to remind you that
you are called to hold a nucleus of Light in the heart of America,
a magnet in that Inner Retreat that will be as a Great Central
Sun Magnet sending forth the rays, even the heart’s rays,
of the devotion of Akhenaten in your own Lanello—being pathways
of light that souls might find the way to their own God Presence
and to that place upon earth consecrated to the ascension of the
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"Take heart—beloved ones! The so-called "dead" you honor today HAVE NOT DIED IN VAIN for, in the PERMANENT GOLDEN AGE into which the earth and all her evolutions are now entering, THERE SHALL BE NO MORE WAR—NO! NOR EVEN MEMORY OF IT—for there is coming here the REIGN OF ETERNAL PEACE. "Truly, America was designed from our octave and given so much assistance from there to be 'the land of the free . . . !' Now, EVERY nation and its people are dear to OUR hearts—for all are some expression of God's Life and HIS LIFE IS THE ONLY LIFE THERE IS. Each nation has a divine plan of its own to fulfill and, according to their divine destinies, the various nations of the world represent the various parts of the earth's 'body.' "Therefore, in the NEW AGE, the land of India shall represent the 'head' of such an 'earth body;' and the land of America, the 'heart.' Take notice, please, that the name 'India' begins with the letter 'I' and 'America' with 'Am.' Is this not significant? "The land of America—in the main so little understood by most of the dear lifestreams she shelters —is of far more importance to all life on this planet than most imagine. America is a land somewhat different from others—for she has gathered to her bosom many from every land who love freedom. Since that particular virtue is the one I personally embody (and is my 'reason for being'), these individuals are particularly dear to my heart. Is not America considered to be "the melting pot" of the world? "You will remember the words 'Conceived in Liberty . . . ,' which appear in the 'Gettysburg Address' spoken so eloquently by the beloved Abraham Lincoln nearly a century ago. Privileged was I to have inspired the words of that address. "Therefore, designed from our octave
also was the idea of placing the great Statue of Liberty in New
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"And I single out that nation, beloved, because all of you know worldwide that I am commissioned by the Lords of Karma to focus on the United States and that I do not have the opportunity yet to encompass the entire globe. Yet I tell you this: there is a single thread from my heart, and if you camp upon that thread and if you meditate upon that thread, you will also be strengthened. "So, beloved ones, America must have
that momentum of light. And I ask you to prepare again to send
yourselves or others from our communities that others out of the
nation might have the opportunity to transcend themselves and
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"Let there be more organization. Let there be more concentration and divine planning as well as human planning for the victory of the Light upon earth. Let those who are the astute, let those who are the children of my heart who give their prayers and dynamic decrees, look at America—city by city, county by county, state by state. "Let us examine demographics. Let us examine
the consciousness and the attitudes of the people, the economic
brackets, and how they approach life, religion, education, and
social mores. Let us appeal to that which is righteous already
in the hearts and upheld. And let us not constantly beat against
that which they believe in. For people must be left with some
beliefs. They must be left "Let us not tear from them all things at once, but let us come rather with the gift of the violet flame. Let us have greater trust in the dynamic decree itself, in the teaching of the science of the spoken Word—let us have greater trust in the violet flame to communicate itself, rather than to have self-righteous chelas tearing down through criticism that which has been the world of another for many a decade!" |
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nation be lost and sponsorship and dispensation be lost, no other
shall be forthcoming to any other nation. For all upon earth have
had four hundred years and more to be aware of the great pulsating
flame of freedom that has been anchored upon this continent and
soil. Know then, beloved, that if America is lost—a generation,
her youth, a government, a constitution, a vision and the capstone
of the pyramid itself—lo! beloved, not another cause, not
another calling, not another destiny will remain to be pursued. "Again, beloved, the hour came, the
hour to defend this nation against the encroachments of the international
bankers. Thus, the one raised up (as George Washington had been
to lead those armies) was none other than the son Abraham Lincoln.
And though he did fight to turn back those who came now not to
control her soil but her wealth and her abundant life, yet ultimately
the cause to which he gave his life and for which he was also
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" . . . As I raise my hands I contact the chakra of the soul, the chakra of freedom. And from my hands now I release through the hands of the Messenger a ray of fire that will penetrate your soul. Let it come if you will! Let it realign that forcefield if you will! Let it bring the consciousness of soul freedom into balance so that you will know the meaning of true freedom. " . . . Marvel not that when the fires of freedom come the elements of a not-freedom and a false freedom feel the grain and feel the friction of the entering-in of the pure wine of that fire, the pure and concentrated elixir that is the alchemicalization of soul consciousness . . . Your soul awareness when purified, when aligned, when quickened by the seventh-ray action of the Holy Spirit will give you unerring perception and a reading of vibration. " . . . Let liberty proclaim that
every man is free to pursue the Almighty according to conscience!
This is the meaning of freedom of religion. Therefore let not
the state, let not the organizations of the councils of the churches
or the elders of the people confine the souls of this or any nation
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to make the calls for the children in their school buses, for
areas where they can be maimed and hurt, for situations, for instance,
with oncoming trains "So, there is a potential for the wiping out of terrorism in the United States of America. And I remind you of a decree that the messenger sent forth at Camelot where all decreed for the binding of drunk drivers throughout the holiday season. And when that season was over, beloved, it was announced in the newspapers that there was not a single death on the highway due to drunk driving. "Now, if a group of souls can do this in Malibu, what can you do for the entire planet? Well, I tell you what you can do: you can do anything that you make up your mind to do! You can do anything that you make up your mind to do if you are willing to set aside something else. And that something else [that you set aside], however more precious it is, promises to you that you will make greater and greater balanced karma by that service. If you are not in a state of being able to let go and serve the world in this manner, then serve at the level that you are able and God will receive your offering. "Take note, then, that our goal is to see the Northern Hemisphere free, absolutely free of terrorism. To that end, we have asked you to give the calls to Cyclopea, K-17 and Lanello, one hundred and forty-four, once a week. Beloved, if you want to avert these things, then do it twice a week and you will hear about fewer calamities than before. "What I am saying now in my heart of hearts,
beloved, is that you must make your choices. You deliberate in
your own heart. You consider what Saint Germain has done for you
and [what] Archangel Michael and the hosts of the Lord [have done
for you]. You deliberate upon these "My recommendation to all, since it
is the greatest threat of all, is to move with an understanding
of who is in the military of the Far East, of the former Soviet
Union, to know what is being done, to study what is happening.
And we would appreciate having that information given to those
souls in the United States and around the world. It is far and
away the most important assignment to stop all alien powers who
have hatred and anger against the United States, to stop them
from waging war upon this continent, to stop them from causing
nuclear attacks against this very soil. This, of course, is utmost
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America is more than a nation; she is an ideal. From her earliest conception to the present hour, the divine forces have sought to transfer the higher consciousness from the realm of the ideal to the realm of manifestation. This was done in order that America could exhibit to the world a master radiance after which the family of nations might pattern. The ascended masters have never been partial in their love of endowing man with cosmic grace. The Eternal God has desired that the whole family of nations should share jointly in the blessings which he would manifest upon the earth. America was a wilderness land; in selecting that land, God sought to produce a miracle framed as a new beginning in order that a beacon of hope might shine forth universal grace to every nation, buoying them up and removing the dust of the ages. The strength that has been the forte of America has been spiritual. The words "In God We Trust" engraven upon the coins of this land, the emblem of the Great Seal of the United States together with her constitution and sacred relics were dedicated as holy talismans to lock the benefits God intends to bestow upon the world into the hearts of the American people. The flame of patriotism that in past decades made the hearts of the people to beat faster at the sound of martial music and patriotic songs has always been a stimulus toward decency, order and charity. It is easy to see that the legacy of virtue, preserved within this great nation by the Eternal God for the whole world, has become the target of those enemies of righteousness who would extinguish the eternal flame. They do not know that they cannot extinguish the flame which is inextinguishable. But they try, as they have done, to hide it from view, to opaque its glory to the masses of mankind and the emerging young souls who come into life without awareness of their inheritance. The busyness of the age and the chaos it has generated have concealed the truth from the youth of the world by means of many clever methods. The dark powers of the land have given voice to violence and discord to arouse the demons in human nature and then to cloak them with the vestments of the Church. The living Christ in all of his glorious radiance, standing forth and saying unto the world, "Come unto me, all ye who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," is forgotten as men and women, under the malefic intent of the very denizens of the netherworld, open the doors of the great cathedrals to jazz masses and orgiastic activities. The educational systems of the world are promoting a godless atheism which brings forth only partial glimpses of the evolutionary process as though the part were the whole. Mass media have been invoked to report sensationalism and to deny voice to truth. Government, which was instituted to serve the basic needs of man, has been involved in interminable controversy. The forces of safety and protection, inherent within the very system and way of life that constitutes America, have had to be invoked against the people whom they should serve. And now the world is asked to witness with rejoicing the downfall of the greatness that the Eternal Father, through the founding fathers, brought into manifestation to be a cup of light and blessing to the world. We fan the fires of patriotism this spring. We fan the fires of allegiance to the eternal nation under God that serves only a world of divine unity, not a world of unity by force or violence. Past history records that whom the gods would destroy they first make mad. We look, then, for an awakening on the part of the American people; we look to them to repudiate the voices of discord that masquerade as wolves in sheep's clothing and plot the overthrow of a way of life that, while it may need correction in many ways, is still the highest and best that the centuries have produced in modern time. The words "God mend thine every flaw" (from "America the Beautiful") ought to be accepted by every American as a fiat that is intended to evoke personal and national introspection and a striving toward perfection. Criticism is a disease that does not produce the fruit of rightful striving. It is lawless and destructive in its base intent and drags down the soul of the individual who submits to it. Thus the admonishment "Judge not lest ye be judged" went forth. We are aware of the fact that the godless societies criticize the flaws of those nations that are outside of their fold whom they would overpower. We understand their methods of boring from within, of hiding behind legitimate facades, and deceiving the people. We urge, then, in view of the awful plots that have been hatched to overthrow the forces of freedom in the world, that every lover of freedom will heed our warning in his prayers, in his contacts, and in the renewal of his faith. Jesus said long ago, "They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick." The sickness of the nations must be healed, the shield of righteousness must be used, the sword of the Spirit must be employed, and every magnificent action that man can take must be taken for the preservation of right values. The proper education of the masses must be accelerated and the protection of freedom must be carried on to the fullest extent of the law. Armageddon is at hand. The forces of destruction, with their godless philosophy, and the sweet, spiritual powers of the world to come are locked in a deadly embrace. It is never a question of outcome, insofar as the power of right is concerned; but the battle can be lost in the realm of the individual-in the militant and vicious individual who, in the name of social justice, can excuse a conduct that tarnishes the image of justice and produces only the fruit of misery, never of order and peace. Knowing, therefore, that the little children who are incoming will be victims of man's dangerous defections from just action, we urge that this activity of light be expanded more and more. A strengthening of the bonds of devotion to the preservation of God's dream for America and the world is in order. For the ascended masters, in far-off retreats and far-off worlds, are watching as the struggles of mankind go on, hoping and calling forth an avalanche of light to awaken men before it is too late. Understand, then, O men of earth, that eternal vigilance is the price that you must pay if you are to preserve liberty upon the earth. 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"[H]onesty
will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just."—George Washington Circular letter to the States, 14 June 1783 "The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained." —George Washington The Founding Fathers of America, in Congress, July 4, 1776, “with firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence,” mutually pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. "Where liberty dwells, there is my country."—Benjamin Franklin (letter to Benjamin Vaughn, 14 March 1783) "To sit home, read one's favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men's doing."—Theodore Roosevelt "Blessed hearts, I have chosen to give that declaration of love with you that there might be the confirmation by all octaves of being, by all lifewaves who are of the Light in this system of worlds, of the meaning of my own beloved America. Cherish her as I have. Hold her to your heart. For the dream of America must not die on the earth! Let it continue to be the dream, the hope, the faith, the longing in the hearts of those who are the oppressed—even the Light-bearers of El Morya in Mother Russia, even those who feel my presence and my dictation in this hour."—Saint Germain "The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets."—American humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) "About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation."—Will Rogers In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words. When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America, he said: "A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in . . . and how many want out." "Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual—or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country."—Samuel Adams "When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of a free government."—President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) "If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government . . . The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure."—Calvin Coolidge "[L]et us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom, and let us re-consecrate ourselves to the task of promoting an enduring peace so that their efforts shall not have been in vain."—Dwight D. Eisenhower “Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. "Why should ye be stricken any more? "From the sole of the foot even unto
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" . . . Yes, let the discussions on God-government continue. Let the sacred heritage be known! Let every one of you be able to come to me and pass my test on this Constitution of this land, the United States of America. These laws are divine laws. They come from the schools of the Brotherhood. They are enshrined for your freedom. And to preserve each article you must have a greater love, a greater love for the structure as well as the foundation of a nation." |
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" . . . To sit in the aura of the ascended masters is a privilege of many lifetimes, and yet it ought not to be a privilege but a right. It is truly the rite of spring and of Eastertide to know your Lord, but it is not a right that can be guaranteed by the Constitution of this nation. You see, beloved, it is a spiritual right that ought to belong to everyone but is forfeited by many. This forfeiture takes place because of the density that people have consented to have wrapped around themselves like strips of uncooked dough—yes, a dense dough that they have kneaded but not fired." |
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" . . . To seal and save this nation under God is to preserve opportunity for the victory in every other nation upon this planet. "Let it be known then that if this nation be lost and sponsorship and dispensation be lost, no other shall be forthcoming to any other nation. For all upon Earth have had four hundred years and more to be aware of the great pulsating flame of freedom that has been anchored upon this continent and soil. Know then, beloved, that if America is lost—a generation, her youth, a government, a Constitution, a vision and the capstone of the pyramid itself—lo! beloved, not another cause, not another calling, not another destiny will remain to be pursued. "How well I remember, for I moved amongst them, those who were galvanized in the Revolutionary War with its declaration of firmness and Christ-purity against all encroachments upon the individual, sovereign free will of the sons and daughters of God. How they left their businesses, their farms, their professions, their education, all to defeat the common enemy who would have enslaved this nation under another system and under its own crown." |
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"Therefore, beloved, this is the message that I bring to you, for I desire your hearts to understand the meaning of this. And inasmuch as the earth is one, you can see the ramifications and the repercussions of that which may come upon Europe by her being left vulnerable as well as that which may come upon America. "Thus, it is necessary for the Lightbearers to gather together, to give the calls, to establish such a mighty fortress of Light at this Royal Teton Ranch as to create a pillar of fire for the protection of this continent. For it has the maximum opportunity according to its karma, beloved, to be a place of survivability. "Even though you may consider other
areas of the world far out of reach of harm’s way in an
East/West power conflict, I tell you it is the sponsorship of
this nation and the Lightbearers here by Sanat Kumara, despite
the evildoings of their leaders, that does enable them to receive
that divine intervention in time of trouble that many others are
not able to receive. Thus, if it has occurred to you that you
are called to gather in a place [America] of danger, I tell you,
beloved, often where there is maximum danger there is maximum
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"Realize, therefore, that those who have such a precious gift as the Light of the Great White Brotherhood in their daily service and workplace ought to cherish that Light, cherish the holiness of their labor, and begin to realize that because it is sanctified by God it must be protected. And in order to have that protection they must invoke the intercession of the Archangels. "We, the members of the Darjeeling Council, consider, therefore, that the acquaintance of the people of this nation and the Lightbearers of all nations with the Seven Archangels is a most important and worthy effort that ought to be undertaken by the Messenger and chelas. People need the understanding of how to call to the Archangels for that divine intercession of the angelic hosts that is absolutely necessary to their spiritual and physical survival. This heavenly ministration must take place if the people are to rise up lawfully, according to the revolution of the heart and the revolution in Higher Consciousness, to overtake those who usurp their Light, their Power, and their Authority to govern themselves. "I can only tell you that with an alternative administration things could be far worse; we desire to see things far better. We cannot say that we endorse an individual but we do say that we stand on a platform of freedom, and we can only work through those who have determined in their hearts to at least lend an ear and consider our counsel. "Beyond this you must realize that
when the counsel is given and many voices speak and modify and
recommend other solutions, it is difficult for any leader to maintain
contact with our level and to take that strong stand that is necessary,
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" 'Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores; send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me; I lift my lamp beside the golden door.' These were the words of Emma Lazarus a young poet who herself was the descendant of immigrants, Sephardic Jews driven from the Iberian Peninsula. They came to the United States of America as religious refugees when New York was still called New Amsterdam. By the time Emma Lazarus penned her famous words, they were successful merchants, professionals and intellectuals. "Her poem is testimony to the uniquely American experience, which, in her words, provide a basis for new Americans finding not just a welcoming, but an unapologetic expression of confidence in the power of freedom. "Ms. Lazarus did not write, 'Give me your top 10 percent,' or 'Give me the cream of your crop, give me the Merit scholars on the SAT.' She wrote, 'Send me the homeless, the tempest-tossed, the wretched refuse.' She understood that the power and chemistry of freedom itself could provide a basis for ordinary people doing extraordinary things. "And that's the story of the United
States of America. For a hundred years, Lady Liberty adorned this
harbor and has beckoned new Americans. Her promise is that when
people are allowed to breathe the air of freedom, to exercise
themselves and their talents in an environment of opportunities,
that there is no limit to the heights to which individuals can
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Written by an Australian Dentist To Kill an American You probably missed this in the rush of news, but there was actually a report that someone in Pakistan had published in a newspaper, an offer of a reward to anyone who killed an American, any American. So an Australian dentist wrote an editorial the following day to let everyone know what an American is . So they would know when they found one. (Good one, mate!!!!) 'An American is English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German, Spanish , Polish, Russian or Greek. An American may also be Canadian, Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, or Arab, or Pakistani or Afghan. An American may also be a Comanche, Cherokee, Osage, Blackfoot, Navaho, Apache, Seminole or one of the many other tribes known as native Americans. An American is Christian , or he could be Jewish, or Buddhist, or Muslim. In fact, there are more Muslims in America than in Afghanistan . The only difference is that in America they are free to worship as each of them chooses. An American is also free to believe in no religion. For that he will answer only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God. An American lives in the most prosperous land in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Declaration of Independence , which recognizes the God given right of each person to the pursuit of happiness. An American is generous. Americans have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return. When Afghanistan was over-run by the Soviet army 20 years ago, Americans came with arms and supplies to enable the people to win back their country! As of the morning of September 11, Americans had given more than any other nation to the poor in Afghanistan. The national symbol of America , The Statue of Liberty , welcomes your tired and your poor, the wretched refuse of your teeming shores, the homeless, tempest tossed. These in fact are the people who built America. Some of them were working in the Twin Towers the morning of September 11 , 2001 earning a better life for their families. It's been told that the World Trade Center victims were from at least 30 different countries, cultures, and first languages, including those that aided and abetted the terrorists. So you can try to kill an American if you
must. Hitler did. So did General Tojo , and Stalin , and Mao Tse-Tung,
and other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world.. But, in doing so
you would just be killing yourself . Because Americans are not
a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment
of the human spirit of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit,
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| "Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty." —George Washington "There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!"—John Hancock (upon signing the Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776) "It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God."—George Washington (as quoted by Gouverneur Morris in Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, 25 March 1787 "It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn.—George Washington "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."—Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776, Reference: Jefferson: Writings, Peterson ed., Library of America "It seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force. If there be any truth in the remark, the crisis at which we are arrived may with propriety be regarded as the era in which that decision is to be made; and a wrong election of the part we shall act may, in this view, deserve to be considered as the general misfortune of mankind."—Alexander Hamilton, 27 October 1787 "From these honored dead we take increased devotion to the same cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion . . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom . . ."—Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863 "The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations."—George Washington "I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means . . . "—John Adams "The Reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years, when home should afford neither friendship nor safety."—Thomas Paine "We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. In this enlightened Age and in this Land of equal liberty it is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest Offices that are known in the United States."—George Washington "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government."—George Washington "If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?"—Benjamin Franklin "The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years, when home should afford neither friendship nor safety."—Thomas Paine (Common Sense, 1776) Reference: Paine Writings, Foner, ed., 25. "A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American."—Woodrow Wilson "Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels—men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, we may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."—Dwight Eisenhower "It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people themselves. The act, therefore, establishing the Constitution, will not be a NATIONAL, but a FEDERAL act."—James Madison "The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon."—George Washington "A rigid economy of the public contributions and absolute interdiction of all useless expenses will go far towards keeping the government honest and unoppressive."—Thomas Jefferson "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily."—George Washington "In a word, I want an American character, that the powers of Europe may be convinced we act for ourselves and not for others; this, in my judgment, is the only way to be respected abroad and happy at home."—George Washington "'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world." —George Washington "There is no maxim in my opinion which is more liable to be misapplied, and which therefore needs elucidation than the current one that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong . . . In fact it is only reestablishing under another name and a more specious form, force as the measure of right . . . "—James Madison "Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is the danger of oppression."—James Madison "Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. Do not be too severe upon their errors, but reclaim them by enlightening them. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, Judges, and Governors, shall all become wolves."—Thomas Jefferson (letter to Edward Carrington, 16 January 1787) "It has ever been my hobby-horse to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three hundred millions of freemen . . . "—John Adams "To the press alone, checkered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression."—James Madison "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite." —James Madison "It is too early for politicians to presume on our forgetting that the public good, the real welfare of the great body of the people, is the supreme object to be pursued; and that no form of government whatever has any other value than as it may be fitted for the attainment of this object."—James Madison "The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment."—George Washington "If Virtue & Knowledge are diffused among the People, they will never be enslav'd. This will be their great Security."—Samuel Adams "The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too many sources nor adapted with too much solicitude to the different characters and capacities impressed with it." —James Madison "Your love of liberty—your respect for the laws—your habits of industry—and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness." —George Washington "[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect."—George Washington "One of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our Founding Fathers used in the great struggle for independence."—Charles Beard "Government is instituted for the common good...the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it."—John Adams "If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one. . . "—James Madison "The eyes of the world being thus on our Country, it is put the more on its good behavior, and under the greater obligation also, to do justice to the Tree of Liberty by an exhibition of the fine fruits we gather from it."—James Madison "Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions."—James Madison "It is a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own."—Benjamin Franklin "I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it." —Benjamin Franklin "A government ought to contain in itself every power requisite to the full accomplishment of the objects committed to its care, and to the complete execution of the trusts for which it is responsible, free from every other control but a regard to the public good and to the sense of the people."—Alexander Hamilton "Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood."—John Adams "Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions."—James Madison "Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint."—Alexander Hamilton "It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them an habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue. If we suffer their minds to grovel and creep in infancy, they will grovel all their lives."—John Adams "As riches increase and accumulate in few
hands, as luxury prevails in society, virtue will be in a greater
degree considered as only a graceful appendage of wealth, and
the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard."—Alexander
Hamilton
"I am well aware of the toil
and blood and treasure that it will cost to maintain this Declaration,
and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom
I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that
the end is worth more than all the means . . . "—John
Adams
"The great
trouble with you Americans is that you are still under the influence
of that second-rate —shall I say third-rate?—mind,
Karl Marx."—H. G. Wells
"Good intentions will
always be pleaded for every assumption of authority. It is hardly
too strong to say that the Constitution was made to guard the
people against the dangers of good intentions. There are men in
all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They
promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."—Daniel
Webster
"The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth."—Thomas Paine "The whole of that Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals . . . [I]t establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of."—Benjamin Franklin "Let the pulpit resound with the doctrine and sentiments of religious liberty. Let us hear of the dignity of man's nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of God . . . Let it be known that . . . liberties are not the grants of princes and parliaments."—John Adams "To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression."—James Madison "Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to know; but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge; I mean, of the characters and conduct of their rulers."—John Adams "Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."—Benjamin Franklin "Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters."—Samuel Adams "States, like individuals, who observe their engagements, are respected and trusted: while the reverse is the fate of those who pursue an opposite conduct."—Alexander Hamilton "Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it."—John Adams "Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others."—Alexander Hamilton "Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations." —George Washington "If we desire to insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War."—George Washington "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily."—George Washington "Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this stupendous fabrick of Freedom and Empire on the broad basis of Independency; who have assisted in protecting the rights of humane nature and establishing an Asylum for the poor and oppressed of all nations and religions."—George Washington "My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon friendly terms with, but independent of, all the nations of the earth. To share in the broils of none. To fulfil our own engagements. To supply the wants, and be carriers for them all: Being thoroughly convinced that it is our policy and interest to do so."—George Washington "Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves."—D. H. Lawrence "Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."—Gen. George S. Patton "They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society. They reared the fabrics of governments which have no model on the face of the globe. They formed the design of a great Confederacy, which it is incumbent on their successors to improve and perpetuate." —James Madison "War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perseverance, by time, and by practice."—Alexander Hamilton "America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat."—James Madison "It is a worthy thing to fight for one's freedom; it is another sight finer—to fight for another man's." —Mark Twain "[T]here is not a syllable in the [Constitution] which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution . . . "—Alexander Hamilton in The Federalist Papers, the definitive explication of our Constitution "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship." —Patrick Henry "O most glorious God . . . Direct my thoughts, words and work, wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb, and purge my heart by thy Holy Spirit . . . Daily frame me more and more into the likeness of thy Son Jesus Christ . . . Thou gavest thy Son to die for me, and hast given me assurance of salvation . . . "—George Washington "Let America Be America Again"—Langston Hughes "My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom."—George Washington "Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the Spirit of Party generally."—George Washington "The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world."—George Washington "[T]he propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained."—George Washington (First Inaugural Address, April 1789) "The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations."—George Washington (Farewell Address, 1796) Reference: Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States "The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period."—George Washington (Circular to the States, 8 June 1783), Reference: Our Sacred Honor, Bennett (379) "And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure religion of the Gospel, they may be divided either into infidels, who deny the truth; or politicians who make religion a stalking horse for their ambition; or professors, who walk in the trammels of orthodoxy, and are more attentive to traditions and ordinances of men than to the oracles of truth."—Samuel Adams "In the supposed state of nature, all men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator."—Samuel Adams "It does not take a majority to prevail . . . but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."—Samuel Adams "I had rather starve and rot and keep the privilege of speaking the truth than of holding all the offices that capital has to give, from the presidency downward."—Henry Adams "There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism."—Alexander Hamilton "If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."—Thomas Jefferson "Not until I went into the Churches of America and heard her pulpits aflame with righteousness did I understand the greatness and the genius of America. America is good. And if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great."—Alexis de Tocqueville "Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom."—John F. Kennedy "It was not for societies or states, that Christ died, but for men. . . . I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." —C.S. Lewis "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."—Nathan Hale "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."—Gen. George S. Patton "They summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and virtue."—Gen. James A. Garfield "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God."—Inscription on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier "Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free."—President John F. Kennedy "A politician thinks of the next election—a statesman, of the next generation."—James Freeman Clarke "And having looked to the government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them."—Edmund Burke "The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life."—Theodore Roosevelt "Our country offers the most wonderful example of democratic government on a giant scale that the world has ever seen; and the peoples of the world are watching to see whether we succeed or fail."—Theodore Roosevelt "The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice."—Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."—Thomas Paine "I love a dog, he does nothing for political reasons."—Will Rogers "If we want to save the whales, we call the Democrats. If we want to save the world, we call the Republicans."—Tom Adkins "All centralized systems mean the rule of the few; and educational machinery is among the most centralized of all systems. If the modern American really wants to know what his fathers meant by democracy, he will never learn it in school. He must make the supreme and awful sacrifice. He must get out and think."—G.K.Chesterton "The First Amendment . . . does not say that in every respect there shall be a separation of Church and State . . . Otherwise the state and religion would be aliens to each other—hostile, suspicious, and even unfriendly . . . The state may not establish a 'religion of secularism' in the sense of affirmatively opposing or showing hostility to religion, thus preferring those who believe in no religion over those who do believe."—Justice William Douglas "The deliberate union of so great and various a people in such a place, is without all partiality or prejudice, if not the greatest exertion of human understanding, the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen."—John Adams (quoted in a letter from Rufus King to Theophilus Parsons, 20 February 1788), Reference: The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King, King, vol. 1 (321) "A government big enough to give us everything we want is a government big enough to take from us everything we have."—President Gerald Ford "Education is the process of casting false pearls before real swine."—Professor Irwin Edman |
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