A couple of days or so ago, I spouted off about manners - the lack thereof. Because I like brief and to the point discussion, I discovered someone that said what I tried to say in a lot less words.
"A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy." —Samuel Adams (1779)
And, while I’m at it, we might as well cover what it takes to be free. Brief and easy to understand.
"The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog." —Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936)
Once again, a few words can say volumes.
PMO
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