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JoeSox

In George Washington's Farewell Address written over two hundred years ago on September 17, 1796 he declared: “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and Citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity...And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. -Thomas Jefferson in a Letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787 It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. -Thomas Jefferson -Notes on the State of Virginia - 1787 I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America. -Benjamin Franklin in a Letter to Sarah Bache Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted. -Martin Luther King Jr. Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything. -Harry S Truman Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear. -Harry S Truman, August 8, 1950 All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. -Harry S Truman, Letter to his sister, Nov. 14, 1947 Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. -H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) War is not nice. -Barbara Bush (1925 - ) War is an ugly thing, but no

Paul Watson

JoeSox wrote: War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. -John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873) Thing is that war should not be the way to fight for one's beliefs. We should be beyond killing each other. I would fight for my country, I would defend it, I would defend all that it stands for. But I would hope that actual fighting would be the last resort. Anti-war people are not selfish cowards who care only about their safety. Most of the time they are thinking the opposite, of all the others who are about to die. Their beliefs are often far stronger and less personal than the loud mouths who just want to walk in with big sticks and beat people into submission.

Paul Watson
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Cape Town, South Africa

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"Three fundamental principles constitute the essential conditions of all human development, collective or individual, in history: 1- human animality, 2- thought and 3- rebellion" Bakounine.

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