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January 21, 2005

The founding of the United States was ...

The founding of the United States was a dramatic repudiation of the ancient regime -- a social structure that dominated all of Europe for centuries, placing power in the hands of monarchs and aristocracy, and relegating the masses to serfdom and servitude. A worldview so entrenched as to leave the common masses of humanity little hope of rising above the station in life into which they had been born was abolished forever by a group of young Americans who stood up to what was then the most powerful military force in the world and said, "No, We have a better idea." They were young and rebellious and -- like all revolutionaries -- in the eyes of some, quite out of their minds. Their audacity is part of our national heritage.

From: Healing the Soul of America

Posted by mwblog at January 21, 2005 01:27 AM