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Thank you for all the work that you do!
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thank you for all the work that you do!
“O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!”
—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 🇺🇸
—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 🇺🇸
October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!”
—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 🇺🇸
—Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 🇺🇸
"...If we omit it now, some Massanello may hereafter arise, who, laying hold of popular disquietudes, may collect together the desperate and the discontented, and by assuming to themselves the powers of government, finally sweep away the liberties of the Continent like a deluge.”
October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"...If we omit it now, some Massanello may hereafter arise, who, laying hold of popular disquietudes, may collect together the desperate and the discontented, and by assuming to themselves the powers of government, finally sweep away the liberties of the Continent like a deluge.”
"...while we have it in our power, than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance...
October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"...while we have it in our power, than to trust such an interesting event to time and chance...
“A government of our own is our natural right: and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner...
October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“A government of our own is our natural right: and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become convinced, that it is infinitely wiser and safer, to form a constitution of our own in a cool deliberate manner...