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30 Days of the Founding Fathers – Day 6

A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one. — Alexander Hamilton

My Take – We have to be able to risk ourselves to protect what is important to us, or we risk giving everything we hold dear to those who want to take it away from us.  If we will not stand up for our rights when it is easy, how will we fight for them when we are at a disadvantage?

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  1. Old NFO's avatar

    And when we see our rights chipped away a bit at a time, at what point do we stand up? THAT is the hard question…

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    • daddybear71's avatar

      I think that’s where the “line in the sand” discussions come into play. We each have our own individual thresholds of pain. Concerted effort begins when all of our tolerance levels are maxed out at the same time.

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