The 2012 election is firming up to become a clear choice in the direction we move as a country.
We have the Republican-Romney/Ryan vision of starving the government and creating an atmosphere of greed, us versus them, and every man for himself.
Or we have the Democratic-Obama/Biden vision that we are all in this together. We either sink or swim as a united group. We cherish individuality but we also "promote the general welfare."
What would our founding father's have to say?
We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.
Benjamin Franklin
E pluribus unum (Out of many, one)
The motto of the United States
We the people ....
Preamble to the United States Constitution
Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to standing laws. He is obliged, consequently, to contribute his share to the expense of this protection.
John Adams
The independence and liberty you possess are the work of . . . joint efforts, of common dangers, suffering and successes.
George Washington
The prosperity of America depends upon its Union.
John Jay
Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. . . . Let us then pursue with courage and confidence . . . our attachment to union and representative government.
Thomas Jefferson
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Abraham Lincoln (quoting Mark 3:25).
You get the drift.
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