We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.Quest for a Full Cup
Come ride with me!
Carry me!
Take us there!
You are the only one I need.
Let’s travel together for a short time and longer.
And we will come to an end and a beginning.
Will you take me to where we both want to go?
Too we have our history and instincts.
We will both find the way
around hazards left and right.
Let us go there together
and run there together.
Ah! The good we will do
from our House on a Hill!
On a long cool dark night
your warm white mane brightens our way
and we endure; our thoughts bask.
Not to stop, not to sleep.
Succor to come.
On a hot sunny day we are cooled by your speed
and the sweat you share from your wet black coat.
And we endure; our thoughts bask.
Not to stop, not to sleep.
Succor to come.
Your brown, and yellow coats too;
oh, the many coats you have
define us as one when we ride together.
Our thoughts bask.
Not to stop, not to sleep.
Succor to come.
We are challenged not contained,
by our wide flat desserts and high mountain ranges,
and in this Great Home hosting us,
surrounded and one with our pastures, forests, and Statues of Liberty,
all of us embraced at once,
we finally will gambol together and rest a while.
And after, we will ride together a longer time
in pursuit of that full cup of happiness,
equity its wellspring.
Come ride with me!
Carry me!
Take us there!
your warm white mane brightens our way
and we endure; our thoughts bask.
Not to stop, not to sleep.
Succor to come.
On a hot sunny day we are cooled by your speed
and the sweat you share from your wet black coat.
And we endure; our thoughts bask.
Not to stop, not to sleep.
Succor to come.
Your brown, and yellow coats too;
oh, the many coats you have
define us as one when we ride together.
Our thoughts bask.
Not to stop, not to sleep.
Succor to come.
We are challenged not contained,
by our wide flat desserts and high mountain ranges,
and in this Great Home hosting us,
surrounded and one with our pastures, forests, and Statues of Liberty,
all of us embraced at once,
we finally will gambol together and rest a while.
And after, we will ride together a longer time
in pursuit of that full cup of happiness,
equity its wellspring.
Come ride with me!
Carry me!
Take us there!
Tom Paine
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January 21, 2009:
Note-President Obama's Inauguration speech yesterday included the following:
"We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness."
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January 21, 2009:
Note-President Obama's Inauguration speech yesterday included the following:
"We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness."
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