Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death!
Posted by Larry Miller on June 18, 2009 under Why | 
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On March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry of Hanover County rose to address the House of Burgesses meeting in St. Johns Church in Richmond VA. His speech is reported to have so stirred the recalcitrant members that they agreed to send troops to help in the Revolution.
No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.
I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free– if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending–if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained–we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!
They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable–and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace– but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
albert w. loescher said,
Steven was stoned by his own people because he stood up for Christ. I know I will die a violent death as well, for I will be as Steven, Peter, Paul, Patrick Henry, William of Braveheart, and countless others who live in accordance with the Lamp of freedom before our feet. Although our mortal bodies will die, the Spirit of Light within us cannot be quenched. Abba Father, Amen.
-AWL of PILMOA and WFA.com
albert w. loescher said,
More verbiage from a word warrior for both the Lord and his children:
The USG fears us. It hates our speech and despises truth. Why else is it setting fires of fear of pandemic pandemonium and suddenly burgeoning ‘domestic terrorism’ in US? They have known these dangers for years. it seems quite convenient that they hang out their dirty laundry during this egregious adventure in the southern states. Do not relent, for they do not. Tomorrow is the last day of NLE 09. Saturday will turn to Sunday and its tomorrow will become ‘Monday is the day that his captain will call Johnny to follow him into the Cruel War’.
Our Captain begs we fight with him.
Another front we must not forget–Obama’s peek-a-boo justice. Send a letter like this to your constituents:
This is a copy sent to Mike Pence (INR-rep IN):
Sir,
I broached this insidious action in Philadelphia (black panthers with cudgels at voting polls) to you months ago. You never responded to the letter. According to Lani, you read my stuff or hear it read to you over the phone.
This breach of justice remains stuck in my craw and is to big for my (our) guts to digest. Americans are finally realizing that The One is NOT a ‘post racial’ p-resident. When are you going to acknowledge that ‘we have a problem at ground control, sir?’ If you don’t fix it ASAP, our satellite orbiting the sun will crash and burn.
We demand you to do your jobs and acknowledge the ‘transparency’ of the Emperor’s new suit. You MUST stop the BOHICA O’ Bama agenda until it’s too late. If ‘BOHICA’ is alien to your lexicon, the acronym is easily found on the Internet.
UNCLOAK THE THE HOLLOW MAN INSIDE HIS CHINESE TAILORED SUIT! Did you see his chiseled chest glistening in the sun?
Am I mean or what? You know what I (we) mean.
–Albert of PILMOA
Cave at Emptor Way
Everywhere, USA
albert w. loescher said,
Skirmish over, many more coming:
What a wonderful and trying week was this! I toggled 240 ‘page-down’ clicks from top to bottom in the reply section over 7 days on this website alone (wordpress). That’s a load of commentaries in protest against NLE-09. If you’re like me, you duplicated your words in countless other places. I doff my hat to all of you, but do not rush out tomorrow to buy a bigger cap. Monday will be the day when the cruel war will resume, and we must fight again, for the enemy among us is relentless.
Yes, Pollyanna now sits high on her teeter-totter perch and Cassandra’s weight keeps her there. Should the latter abandon her seat, the former will crash and die for lack of air. We wage this cruel war for for the Pollyanna’s of US, if not the world.
To the editors of this site, I suggest they implement a ‘cap-and-trade’ policy to encourage poignant pith than wilting words. If a respondent’s verbiage exceeds 300, the writer should be taxed at a nickel beyond that limit or his opinion will be truncated until Occam’s Razor is sufficed. For economy’s sake , the unending cruel war requires Sharp’s shooters, not scatter guns.
Including this last sentence mys message is comprised of about 260 words.
–AWL
albert w. loescher said,
Polarizer albert, on August 15th, 2009 at 10:28 am Said: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
Tom Paine was a polarizer. George III was a polarizer. George 43 was a polarizer, Glenn Beck is a polarizer. Rush is a polarizer. Pelosi is a polarizer. PILMOA is a polarizer. Obama is a polarizer. Christ was a polarizer. Organized religion is a polarizer. Suffice it to say, there are possibly 6.5 billion polarizers on this wobbling orb.
In my workshop, I have a tool that nullifies or enhances polarity of a metal tool. It’s called a ‘demagnetizer-magnetizer’. Depending upon which port I insert a screwdriver, that tool will either attract a screw or not. We of this world will continue our jostle of rambunctious ‘Brownian movement’ until we all pass through the port of the Magnificent Demagnetizer.
We will never know whether life’s end
Is indifferent to life’s means until life ends.
Awl
albert w. loescher said,
“The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion”.
–Edmund Burke, 1729-97
“It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once”.
–David Hume, 1711-76
“. . . the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, ‘“I have found it [liberty]‘, merely shows by doing so that he has lost it”.
–Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906
“If people ignore those who decry tyranny, the loudest favoring freedom will be the first to lose it”.
–A.W. Loescher, 1940-2010
After the imbroglio of NLE-09 was done, I warned it was merely a modest skirmish in the ongoing ‘cruel war’. Information overload choked the the snooper sites of the bight house. Despite the outcries from PILMOA, we are now identified as ‘domestic terrorists’. Our names are now on a dossier on Axelrod-Emanuel’s read-only mega hard drive. Another quote:
In Flanders Fields:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
–Lt. Col. John McCrae, 1918
AWL
albert w. loescher said,
This is a message I sent to the pols. Whether you like them or not, we must vent our feelings who somewhat represent us:
Blog in Townhall forum in response to article by Michael Barone today:
For more that five years, we of the like minds sent numerous letters suggesting how to safe guard our homeland against alien infiltration:
1. We urged the legislators to mandate the protection of both borders with with armed troops: No less than 60-80,000 south and 50-70,000 north. Squads should be posted no more than 1/4 mile of separation. Larger forces at the rear would be available when conflicts arise. Too late, our soldiers are occupied to secure ‘freedoms’ in foreign lands.
2. Two summers ago, we ‘word warriors’ waged a vociferous campaign against McCain’s amnesty bill. We won, but too late.
3. We suggested the formation of a real cavalry–on horseback–than noisy and inefficient ATV’s. Recently, wild mustangs are now being broken by prison inmates for that purpose. About time, but too late.
4. We used our pens and keyboards to warn the people of the danger of a Marxist in the white house. We used the analogy of ‘how to cook a frog’. If the water in the pot is too hot, the frog would leap out of it. If it does not, the frog is likely dead. Obama’s ‘fast and furious’ pace could be a chink in his ambitious armor. While Americans are awakening, the donkeys are yet hungover from the intoxication of their triumph over the pachyderm. If they don’t sober up soon, the thuggish politburo will soon supplant them. If the frogs in government are cooked, what will become of the tadpoles?
Conclusion:
For more than twenty years, this government has ignored the need of secure borders to maintain our sovereignty. Greed for the bottom line, they refused to gird the borders. Now, we have a ‘president’ who seeks the denouement of our dominion–or what is left of it. Are we too late to eject this flotsam from our ship of state–the country he obviously despises?
awl
Townhall.AOL forum, retro impeachment, 30 Aug 09:
Three days ago, I posted this message on several blogs, including the blight house ’snitch site’:
I saw this coming months ago. I call it ‘retroactive impeachment’. I know that phrase sounds oxymoronic, yet how else can one describe this psychotic regime but as a gang of brutish oxen herding the morons of this nation?
They will pick on the little guys at first. The allegations will trickle up the order to Cheney and Bush. The ‘world court’ will indict them for ‘crimes against humanity’.
No sitting president has ever permitted such a ploy to suborn his predecessor. The pragmatic reason is that all presidents fear reprisal by their successors. So what is Obama’s rationale to tempt his own fate? Simple. He believes his ’successor’ will be himself. Worse, he may realize his whimsical dream–the first and last president of the NWO.
I’ll wager 5,000 ameros that it is so. I have spoken boldly like this for years before Glenn Beck urged us so do likewise.
awl
albert w lopescher said,
This letter may put my head on the chopping block. It was dispatched to 96 senators and my representative this morning. The movement is gaining momentum. We hope it is not too late:
To those who wish to be remembered as the ‘refounders’ of this republic:
The FOLKS of this republic yearn for straight talking leader such as Kevin Rudd. We are fed up with this double talking, double dealing usurper in the blight house. You must abandon your PC mindset and uncloak the shadow emperor’s invisible suit. He must be dismissed before he dismisses you. I resubmit the words of a PILMOA member from down under:
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – Australia:
‘Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
Separately, Rudd angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation’s mosques. Quote: ‘IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST
ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.
‘This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
‘We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society . Learn the language.
‘Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.
‘We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.
‘This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this… But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.
‘If you aren’t happy here then LEAVE. We didn’t force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.’
_________________
The articles of impeachment of the kitman muslim falsely elected on 4 Nov 08:
Hussein Obama II, be Impeached from office and a Impeachment election be prepared. Based on the following unanswered questions and concerns of the American people:
1. Voter irregularities around the country, during the 2008 Presidential Election, involving ACORN and illegal voter registration.
2. The questionable funding and television sponsorship of Obama which unfairly presented the facts between each candidate.
3. Barack Hussein Obama II actual birth place.
4. His application and subsequent acceptance of a fellowship scholarship as a Foreign Citizen
5. His recent comments claiming America is no longer a Christian Nation
6. His comments claiming America is a Great Muslim Nation.
7. His seeking to take over and control the banking institution
8. His take over actions of America%u2019s auto industry
9. Grave concerns of releasing Classified Military Documentation
10.The impending closure of GUTMO
11.His continued apologies to foreign countries about America being a strong Nation.
The most fundamental right of the citizens of these United States is to be presented with true and accurate facts on candidates that are seeking the presidency of the United States of America. The unanswered questions with regards to campaign funding, grass-root efforts by ACORN to get voters registered at any cost, concerns on why Barack Hussein Obama II received a Fellowship Scholarship based on his Foreign National Citizenship, certified copies of his original birth certificate and most importantly, his intentions behind making claims that America is no longer a Christian Nation, must be addressed and defined to the satisfaction of the Citizens of America.
Thus, we the people seek the recall of President Barrack Hussein Obama II, and respectfully request the House of Representatives and the Senate to move forward with a recall action immediately.
Sincerely,
The Citizens of the United States of America,
John Q. Public, AWL of PILMOA
PS: If you have forgotten the meaning of this acronym, it means Politically Incorrect Like Minds Of America (Agabus).
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