Quote:It was the Declaration which gave us our freedom to establish a government
Sheer nonsense. It was victory in the Revolutionary War (aided by both France and British stupidity) that gave us the ability to establish a government.
Long after the Declaration was written it was Thomas Paine who set the cause back on track after the disasters of 1776. Surely you remember Thomas Paine?
Quote:Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistent that we called it the word of a demon that the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind; and for my own part, I sincerely detest it, as I detest everything that is cruel.
-- Thomas Paine
