COMING TOGETHER
AMERICA'S WORDS OF INSPIRATION
1. “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 the pursuit of Happiness”. Preamble to the Declaration of Independence.
2. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore""Send these, the homeless, tempest tossed to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" Inscribed on the Statue of Liberty.
3. “We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America”. Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America.
“O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave”? The last sentence of our National Anthem, the first verse.
5. Possibility
Who does not become emotional when we hear the words of our National Anthem. At our ball games, School events, even the Rose Parade when the B2 roars overhead, we swell with pride and tears flow.
Our Country tis of Thee...
Tis of thee" means "it is of you" - it's an old-fashioned way of saying "belongs to you" and is most commonly used in the patriotic song "My Country, 'Tis of Thee," where it signifies that the song is about one's own country, expressing a sense of national pride and belonging.
Our Country is Us. We have to start working together and NOT hold to the argument that one party is wrong and the other is right. There has to be a way to consider the good and the workable from both sides to form a new productive conversation for our way out of the destructive path we are currently having to live with...
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