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Rightful Freedom's avatar

"So don't beat your rifles into play stations."

That's a good one. My personal favorite from the founders is, of course,

"...rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will, within the limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others." Thomas Jefferson

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David Poe's avatar

Jefferson was the Man.

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Frederick R Smith's avatar

Great essay Dave! May I indulge your readers for more from Washington? https://open.substack.com/pub/frederickrsmith/p/memorial-day-2022-open-letter

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Catherine Brown's avatar

Thanks, I restocked this one.

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David Poe's avatar

Much appreciated.

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Dawn's avatar

Thank you, David. We should never tire of being reminded of great quotes from great men. My favorite: "Little minds talk about people. Average minds talk about things and actions. Great minds talk about ideas." --BF

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Courageous Lion's avatar

Oh how far we've come! Before any of us were even born. Communism- AMERICAN Style!

https://www.courageouslion.us/p/communism-american-style

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