A Deadly American Sin: We Don’t Give a Damn By James T. Moore
Today’s Americans have replaced Patrick Henry’s stunning utterance “I know not what course others may take, but as for me, Give me liberty, or give me death.”, with the attitude--never verbally expressed,--“Who cares?” A lot of pages on a lot of calendars have been turned over between 1775, when Henry uttered that startling remark, and year 2007, when many Americans aren’t even sure who Patrick Henry was. So one can perhaps be justified in suggesting that the passing of time, the illusion of peace, and the tedium of the status quo are apt to begin making the dissolution of any country’s values, principles, and visible blessings inevitable.
But America isn’t just any country. After all, aren’t we the country that has always, with the exception of the few wars we stumbled into, been a nation of relative peace and harmony? Hasn’t America, for the most part, been a nation of progress and promise? Haven’t we, as American citizens, been blessed from birth with God-given freedoms, opportunities, and rewards?
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