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"Consideram aceste adevaruri evidente prin ele insele, ca toti oamenii sunt creati egali, ca sunt inzestrati de Creatorul lor cu anumite Drepturi inalienabile, ca printre acestea se numara Viata, Libertatea si cautarea Fericirii". [Thomas Jefferson, Declaratia de Independenta a SUA, wiki, text romana, engleza]
Declaratia de Independenta Americana este singurul document politic cu adevarat universal din istoria moderna. El concentreaza intelepciunea filozofica de 2500 de ani, razbuna mii de acte de nesupunere innecate in sange de-a lungul istoriei si oficializeaza institutionalizarea politica a libertatii in lume.
Mesajul sa rasune peste tot: statul care uzurpa libertatea poporului se afla in starea de insurectie.
Declaratia de Independenta Americana este cel mai mare bun al intregii omeniri. 1776 e solutia in 2024.
Dedicati azi un moment pentru amintirea celor 56 care au infruntat inchisoare, tortura si moarte pentru libertate. Happy 4th of July! (*)
Vieti. Averi. Sacra onoare.
Cincizecisisase de oameni au semnat Declaratia de Indepedenta in vara lui 1776. Putini americani realizeaza teribilul pret pe care multi dintre ei au ajuns sa il plateasca. Saptesprezece din cei care au semnat Declaratia de indepedenta au pierdut tot cea au avut. Noua dintre acesti oameni si-au pierdut viata in conflict. Proprietatea lui William Ellery din Rhode Island a fost arsa pina la pamint in timpul razboiului. William Floyd din New York a suferit aceiasi soarta. Concetateanul sau newyorkez Frances Lewis de asemenea si-a vazut proprietatea distrusa de foc, a fost intemnitat si a murit in timpul incarcerarii. Unul dintre cei mai bogati dintre semnatari, William Livingston, a murit sarac lipit pamintului citiva ani dupa razboi. John Hart din New Jersey si-a riscat nu doar averea ci si legaturile de familie. Nevasta lui era pe moarte pe cind el semna Declaratia si a fost silit sa fuga de engleji pe cind revenea acasa ca sa isi ia ramas-bun. Nu si-a revazut nicodata cei treisprezece copii si a murit in 1779. Judecatorul newyorkez Richard Stockton a fost un alt prizonier al englejilor si si el a murit sarac. Bogatul bancher Robert Morris si-a dat intreaga avere in efortul de finantare a revolutiei. Si el a murit fara un sfanČ›. Imaginati-va orice bancher de azi facind ceva de departe asemanator. Thomas Nelson din Virginia, intr-o relatare poate implauzibila, a pus tunul pe propria sa casa devenita cartier general al generalului englez Cornwallis si a distrus-o. Si el, ca atitia altii, a murit in saracie. Thomas Lynch din Carolina de Sud, alaturi de sotie, a disparut pe mare.
Ron Paul, Prefata la Donald Jeffries, Crimes and Cover-Ups in American Politics: 1776-1963, sursa (**)
(*) Mesaj privat 2022.07.04; comentariu 2023.07.03 publicat la Incomod Media [IA], Adevarul [arhivat], Realitatea [arhivat]. Nepublicat Tribuna Romaneasca, TVR Info.
Ron Paul: Fifty six men signed the Declaration of Independence in the summer of 1776. Few Americans realize the awful price that many of them wound up paying. Seventeen of those who signed the Declaration lost everything they owned. Nine of these men lost their lives in the conflict. Rhode Island’s William Ellery’s estate was burned to the ground during the war. William Floyd of New York suffered the same fate. Fellow New Yorker Frances Lewis saw his estates destroyed by fire as well, and he was imprisoned and died during his incarceration. One of the richest of all those who signed, William Livingston died impoverished a few years after the war. John Hart of New Jersey risked not only his fortune, but his family ties. His wife was dying as he signed the Declaration, and he was forced to flee from the British when he headed home to say goodbye. He never saw his thirteen children again, and died in 1779. New Jersey Judge Richard Stockton was another British prisoner, and he too died a pauper. Wealthy banker Robert Morris gave away his fortune in an effort to finance the revolution. He also died penniless. Imagine any banker doing something remotely like that today. Virginia’s Thomas Nelson, in a perhaps implausible anecdote, allegedly turned a cannon on his own home, which had become General Cornwallis’s headquarters, and destroyed it. He, like so many of the others, died in poverty. South Carolina’s Thomas Lynch, along with his wife, simply disappeared at sea.” Lives. Fortunes. Sacred Honor. What leader today has any honor?
Remembering the Dead White Founders [Foreword to Donald Jeffries, Crimes and Cover-Ups in American Politics: 1776-1963]
Donald Jeffries, Happy Independence Day in America 2.0, Jul 4, 2023
https://donaldjeffries.substack.com/p/remembering-the-dead-white-founders
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