Posted by
M. E. Ward on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 12:54:21 AM
Congressional candidate Lieutenant Colonel West speaking at the American Freedom tour in Fort Lauderdale Florida at the Revolution Nightclub:
"THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."
-- Thomas Paine, Dec 23rd, 1776.
As Lt Col West says, it is time to fix bayonets. I only wish we had a candidate like this here in Nevada to run against Harry Reid, or Shelley Berkley.