Saturday, June 20th, 2009 | Author: markross
“The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world”…
— compendium of grievances… —“In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people”…
– From The Declaration of Independence Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson Further reading… While evils are sufferable And they appealed to their British brothers And they mutually pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor
Category: American History, Thomas Jefferson
Friday, 26. June 2009
Have we not written tirelessly to our Representatives?