But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.
- John Adams, letter to Abigail Adams, July 17, 1775
Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, 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, Thoughts on Government, 1776
We live in a time no longer emotional to the freedom we once craved. The sweat of our labor is but exactly that and I ask, where is the sweat of our freedom? Have we been so manipulated and redirected from the most precious virtue mankind has been endowed with? Our lives have become too routine that we have neglected our most necessary duty of true patriotism. We arise with the sun to boost chemically created fragrances and mask the truth of our expressionist faces, all the while adhering to single-minded formulations thrusted upon our doorstep. The lies have become hidden in our routine and our duty has been neglected by the unmotivated false nature erected around us. Day after day and year after year we are influenced by the same megalamoniacal arrogance that dictated our past days and years. When do we wake from our slumber and rise above our deliriousness? The time is no greater than now! No longer can we suffer the fate which has been brought upon us and of which we have not ever envisioned. Our thoughts, feelings, and true beliefs must rise above the demented philosophies flashing catchy connotations before us. Take heart your every move and bring passion to your most desires. For it is within you where all truth and hope resurrects. Once we all acknowledge the reality and truth we can stand on mountain tops and pass away fear, hatred, pain, and lies. While the crowd looks appeasing, search for the direction of righteousness and end destruction. The environment in which we crave is near only when every individual finds the desire and knowledge within himself and around himself. For when it is found there is no holding back. Success of liberty occurred a supposed unattainable victory and its time has come again. Rise up! Grasp with all your might and do not stop there.
- Stephen
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