The Real 4th of July

“A revolution principle certainly is, and certainly should be taught as a principle of the Constitution of the United States, and of every State in the Union.” — James Wilson, Scottish lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, a major force in the drafting of the Constitution, a leading legal theoretician and one of the six original justices appointed by George Washington to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Each time July 4th rolls around, whoever lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue makes speeches celebrating American freedom and some other stuff like baseball and apple pie. But the guy at that address never gets down to lauding what the 4th of July is really all about: It’s a celebration of violence to achieve what most would agree was a just political end. (more…)

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Posted Jul 4th 2009 at 3:11 pm in Politics | 17609096 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/dgifford/2009/07/04/the-real-fourth-of-july/The+Real+4th+of+July2009-07-04+22%3A11%3A40Dan+Gifford