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Thanksgiving Day: Presidential Proclamations Past

Originally published November 25, 2010, By Shellinda. Updated January 23, 2011. Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving Day: Presidential Proclamations Past

Grassroots in Nebraska wishes you and yours a blessed and meaningful Thanksgiving holiday. As we all reflect upon the meaning of Thanksgiving, we thought we’d share the first Thanksgiving Proclamations. First Thanksgiving proclamation, 1777 FOR AS MUCH as it is the indispensable Duty of all Men to adore the superintending Providence of Almighty God; to […]

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GiN Quotes Collection: The Constitution

Originally published January 1, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated January 1, 2009. Leave a Comment

THE CONSTITUTION People are the Masters We the People are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts-not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. ~ Abraham Lincoln Instrument of the People The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an […]

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GiN Quotes Collection: Freedom / Liberty

Originally published January 1, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated July 8, 2011. Leave a Comment

FREEDOM / LIBERTY Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for […]

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GiN Quotes Collection: It’s Up To The People

Originally published January 1, 2009, By mllewendy. Updated June 6, 2012. Leave a Comment

IT’S UP TO THE PEOPLE Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you. ~ Pericles 430 B.C. The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. ~ Attributed to Plato on the letterhead of the Constitutional […]

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