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Wednesday, November 07, 2012
The
Crisis
None so blind as those who will not see past the bridges of their superior noses.
SO MUCH FOR PLAN A. On to Plan B. We've had challenges before:
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 their country; but he that
stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this
consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more
glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too
lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value.
Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it
would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM
should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her
tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but
"to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that
manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery
upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a
power can belong only to God.
Are we certain to prevail? No. But are we certain to remember what we believe and struggle for? Yes.
