There is no issue of States’ rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.
We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) was the 36th President of the United States.
From the words of American pastor and Christian author, Charles Swindoll: “Thanksgiving is a time of quiet reflection . . . an annual reminder that God has, again, been ever so faithful. The solid and simple things of life are brought into clear focus.”
National tradition
Year’s intentional pause
Coming together as one
With purposeful cause
Nation’s heart now gathers
Thanksgiving welcomes all
Putting aside differences
Mercy’s blessed call
Family’s homeward steps
Cherished goodness brightens
Strengthening tomorrow’s bonds
Grace shall enlighten
Love fills another home
Peace refreshes outlook
Praying with one single voice
Heaven’s warm chinook
Harmony writes new psalm
Tranquility’s fellowship
Sharing gratitude today
Praise from every lip
From Revelation 7:12: “Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Leaves falling early
Nature witnesses drought
Farmers’ harvest dwindles
Future seeming in doubt
Nation in crisis
Hopeful news faces drought
Today fills with darkness
Tomorrow seeks fresh route
World’s chaos deepens
Suffocated in drought
Actions for peace missing
Voices of anguish sprout
Leaves filling with green
Rainfall erases drought
Farmers’ outlook restored
Future transformed from doubt
Nation’s common ground
Compromise quelling drought
Hope’s spirit rekindled
Tomorrow walks new route
World commits to peace
Goodwill overcomes drought
Togetherness . . . one goal
Voices of courage sprout
What is the use of being elected, or re-elected unless you stand for something.
The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard.
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.
The life of a republic lies certainly in the energy, virtue, and intelligence of its citizens.
It is our sacred duty to transmit unimpaired to our posterity the blessings of liberty which were bequeathed to us by the founders of the Republic.
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was the 17th President of the United States.
I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war.
Small use it will be to save democracy for the race if we cannot save the race for democracy.
Jeannette Rankin (1880-1973) was an American politician and women’s rights advocate. Elected from her native state of Montana, she became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States.
But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man’s wisdom.
It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.
Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was the 14th President of the United States. He was a resident of the state of New Hampshire.
America’s observation of Veterans Day lies ahead on November 11. As a nation gathers to honor anyone, past or present, who has served in uniform, may we remember and embrace our nation’s past.
Gathering for common good
Willing to make each sacrifice
Citizens answer country’s needs
Giving of themselves, any price
Putting aside differences
Deflating emotion’s sandbag
Spirit of Founding Fathers calls
Rallying around nation’s flag
Responding with efforts as one
Replenishing each empty soul
Tattered Old Glory proudly waves
Serving abroad, endless patrols
Overcoming every challenge
Witnessing each morning sunrise
Fears replaced with collective faith
Rising freedom fills daily skies
Bridging Lexington to Yorktown
Stepping up at Gettysburg’s fight
Battles from Marne to Normandy
Leading democracy’s daylight
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) was America’s 40th President. Years before he served his two terms of office as President (1980-1988), Reagan addressed the Republican National Convention in 1964. The above excerpt comes from his Freedom Speech.
Women, if the soul of the nation is be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.
Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) was the wife of civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. In her own path of life, she assisted him in the march forward for civil rights, as well as being an accomplished author.
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