Freedom Quote of the Day #30-January 11, 2017

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.”
Theodore Roosevelt

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.”
Theodore Roosevelt

“No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your religious freedom’. If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs”
Barack Obama
“President-elect Donald Trump’s Russia troubles perfectly encapsulate this phenomenon. The failure of his designated national security adviser, Mike Flynn, to adequately prepare Trump to anticipate devastating intelligence findings about Russia (which Trump did not dare criticize directly) and, more generally, to project strength in his approach to Russia have severely damaged Trump’s image as a competent, resolute commander in chief.”
The Washington Post read full article
“The Field of Fight: How We Can Win the Global War Against Radical Islam and Its Allies”
A book by Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn and Michael Ledeen
“Late in the presidential race, Donald Trump warned that his opponent would start a new world war. “You’re going to end up in World War III over Syria if we listen to Hillary Clinton,” he told Reuters.
As it turns out, there was no need to worry about Clinton’s hawkishness. The next world war is already here. It’s a religious war. And the United States is losing.”

Has the man ever heard of this term?
Without mentioning a name, without saying anything negative, but pro empathy, peace and love, Meryl said it all tonight.

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.”
-Abraham Lincoln
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Someone (Nicolas Miller) once stated that our electoral system electing presidents “is truly a gift that keeps on giving”- I say is there a gift receipt, because I’d like to exchange it for something more fitting to a Democracy. (Democratic republic for those who can’t grasp the fact that Democracy is the ideology this country strives for.)
The electoral college was adopted in 1787. The failures of the system, started in 1800 with a tied election. Since then, elections in 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016, all resulted in the loser winning.
I finally saw the musical Hamilton last night. I loved it. It was amazing, and beyond making … what’s his name…Alexander Hamilton a household name, it shed light on the man’s genius. He was an Interpreter of the constitution, penning 51 of the 85 essays called the Federalist Papers which had the purpose of defending and clarifying the…
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“The cost of freedom is always high, but American have always paid it. Ane one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.”
-John F. Kennedy
For any movement to gain momentum, it must start with a small action. This action becomes multiplied by the masses, and is made tangible when leadership changes course due to the weight of the movement’s voice.
-Adam Braun