We dismiss the achievements of our ancestors & fall short of them.
They honor the achievements of their ancestors & surpassed them.
Anthony Esolen, Professor of English
Woman worker grinding a machined part at Curtiss-Wright. Photograph by F. Dale Smith, 1943-44. Missouri History Museum Photographs and Prints Collection. Smith, Dale F. Collection.
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After being asked to explain what an anti American was, Martha Gellhorn is quoted as saying.
I’ll tell you what an anti American is: it’s what government call those who honor America by objecting to war and the theft of resources and believing in all of humanity. There are millions of these anti Americans in the United States. They are ordinary people who belong to no elite and who judge their government in moral terms, though they would call it common decency. They are not vain, they are people with a waitful conscience, the best of American citizens. Sure, they disappear from view now and then but they are like seeds beneath the snow. I would say they are truly exceptional.
Martha Gellhorn, War correspondent
Have we forgotten what we Stand for?
Read more about Martha by linking to her biography here and above.
Their horses are swifter than leopards,
more fierce than the evening wolves;
their horsemen press proudly on.
Their horsemen come from afar;
they fly like an eagle swift to devour.
They all come for violence,
all their faces forward.
Habakkuk ch I v 8
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A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.
― George S. Patton Jr.
― Hunter S. Thompson
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Skylar Barrowman with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines (2/8), Regimental Combat Team 7, provides security during a clearing operation in Nowzad, Afghanistan, June 6, 2013. The Marines and Sailors of 2/8 conducted a partnered operation with their Afghan National Security Force counterparts.
‘Improvise, Adapt, Overcome” is an unofficial slogan among Marine’
There’s a lot to be said about these eight syllables, especially when moving across the country.
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“When we honor our flag we honor what we stand for as a Nation – freedom, equality, justice, and hope.”
~ Ronald Reagan
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We ALL have the duty to stand up for our freedom. We OUGHT starts with voting, and voting only after educating yourself. Use your voice, keep your eyes, ears AND MIND open. We’re Americans, first and foremost, and we have a Constitution to defend!
It’s the 11th hour, America.
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Be brave, even if you’re among the few & hated for standing up for what is right.
Lord of thunderhead and sky
Who place in man the will to fly
Who taught his hand speed, skill and grace
To soar beyond man’s dwelling place
You shared with him the Eagle’s view
The right to soar, as Eagles do
The right to call the clouds his home
And grateful, through your heavens roam
May all assembled here tonight
And all who love the thrill of flight
Recall with twofold gratitude
Your gift of Wings, Your gift of Food.
Victory was never in doubt. Its cost was…What was in doubt, in all our minds, was whether there would be any of us left to dedicate our cemetery at the end, or whether the last Marine would die knocking out the last Japanese gun and gunner.
~Major General Graves B. Erskin in reference to the Battle Of Iwo Jima
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