Freedom Quotes Vol. VI

This week's edition is a special Freedom Quotes, in honor of two great Americans. Robert E. Lee's 200th birthday was on January 19, and Thomas J. Jackson's birthday will be on January 21. All of this week's Freedom Quotes are from these two men.

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Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished.
~General Thomas J. Jackson in a letter accompanying his requisition for 1000 pikes.

Don't say it's impossible! Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, even if I have to take him from the ranks!
~General Thomas Jackson

I see from the number of physicians that you think my condition dangerous, but I thank God, if it is His Will, that I am ready to go.
~General Thomas Jackson on his deathbed.

Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.
~General Robert E. Lee

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
~General Robert E. Lee

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
~General Robert E. Lee

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
~General Robert E. Lee

There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.
~General Robert E. Lee

You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.
~General Robert E. Lee

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
~General Robert E. Lee

You can have anything you want - if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, have anything you desire, accomplish anything you set out to accomplish - if you will hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
~General Robert E. Lee

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
~General Robert E. Lee

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one.
~General Robert E. Lee

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
~General Robert E. Lee

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, Who ordereth all thing for our good.
~General Robert E. Lee

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
~General Robert E. Lee

The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.
~General Robert E. Lee

Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in the hope it may find a place in history and descend to posterity. History is not the relation of campaigns, and battles, and generals or other individuals, but that which shows the principles for which the South contended and which justified her struggle for those principles.
~General Robert E. Lee

All that the South ever desired was the Union as established by our forefathers should be preserved and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.
~General Robert E. Lee

People Speak UP, And Congress WILL Listen

Gun Owners of America is reporting that the dangerous section 220 of S.1 was defeated last night in the US Senate by a narrow margin of 55-43. Section 220 was a clear attack against our First Ammendment rights that the Founders of this Republic gave us, and sought to preserve. Soemtimes the only thing that keeps any government in check from becoming totalitarian is the voice of the people.

This once again shows that if people will stand up for themselves and their rights, that Congress will listen. However, we cannot let this victory go to our collective heads. This was a narrow victory, therefore, it can and probably will, show up in future pieces of legislation. We must remain vigilant.

A version of this outrageous piece is still in the US House of Representatives. Make sure that you contact your Represenatives and let them know that they need to oppose this as well.

Gun Owners of America reports that the following Senators sought to strip Americans of their First Ammendment Rights, and wanted you to just shut up:

Akaka (D-HI)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Brown (D-OH)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)

In Honor of a Great Man

Today has passed as just another day for most people. Very few have given any thought as to how January 19 was a very significant day in history - exactly 200 years ago. The man who was perhaps the greatest American, outside of a few of the 'Founding Fathers', to ever live was born on January 19, 1807.

Robert Edward Lee, the most famous and beloved of all generals of the War Between the States era, was the fifth son of the War for Independence hero Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee and his second wife Anne Hill Carter Lee. Unfortunately, General Lee didn't have the opportunity to know his father well. Henry Lee had made several bad investment mistakes, as he was not the best at money matters, and found himself in and out of debtors' prison. While not in prison, Henry Lee dealt with a rapidly declining health, and later died when a young Robert E. Lee was only 11. The Lees were left with a great deal of debt left by Henry Lee, which would plague them for years to come. General Lee's rise to greatness is a great example of one not allowing his circumstances to keep him from achieving success.

It has been said that since General Lee was a son of one of the original Patriots, he probably had a better understanding of what the Founders' original intent for the Republic was. Lee was well versed in the reasons for the struggle for Liberty and Freedom, and the importance of preserving them for future generations. The cause of Independence was still fresh in the minds of all Americans while the future general was growing up.

Many stories have been related about Robert E. Lee's greatness, and I could never add more to what has been said. The major part for his greatness was his humility. Robert E. Lee never saw himself as a great man or general, and rebuked those who suggested such. If American men would aspire to be half the man that General Lee was, I believe our country would be much different - and far greater.

This morning, as I thought about the the life of this great man, I became curious to find out what was being said about him on his birthday. In this age of political correctness and diversity-nazism, I was afraid that he would be slandered left and right. Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised by a number of the articles that I found. Here are some of the ones I enjoyed reading:
An Evening With General Lee
Remembering Lee - a true American Hero and Man of Character
Remember Robert E. Lee, a man of character

The Commonwealth of Virginia has even set up a special website to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Lee's birth, RELee2007.com.

For those that think Lee was just another white racists from mythical racist South, consider this story. Shortly after the end of the War Between the States, Lee was attending a Richmond church one Sunday. While communion was being served, a large black man walked into the church, walked down the aisle, knelt down at the altar in order to partake of the Lord's Supper. While this shocked a few of the upper-crust, Lee was not phased. He rose to his feet, walked to the altar, and knelt beside the man. Strangely, you rarely hear anyone relate that story. It doesn't fit in with the politically correct agenda to distort and destroy his name.

It is hard to sum up what many Southerners still feel about General Robert E. Lee. Although, I think a Georgia legislator probably came the closest this week. He said, "If you are a Christian and believe that Jesus was the most perfect Man Whoever walked the face of the Earth, then as a Southerner, you believe that the second most perfect was Robert E. Lee." And he probably was, because we have certainly fallen short of his example.

On this anniversary of his birth, let us determine to follow his example and seek to do all we can to preserve Liberty, Freedom and Independence.

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