... may your chains sit lightly upon you, ... ... samuel adams ...

"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen!" —Samuel Adams

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[FoC (Friend of Cicero)]

jj,

Your post?

FoC

[john jay]

friend of cicero:

my post.

i like adam's sentiment.

which is it gonna be in life. your choice. freedom, or comfort.

if you pick comfort, than enjoy your servitude, ... , for, whatever form it takes, servitude it is.

a wonderful observation given the choices we each make this day.

john jay

[FoC (Friend of Cicero)]

jj,

I like his sediment as well. I'm starting a reread of David McCullough's "John Adams" the story of your "Founding Fathers". John was a cousin to Samuel as you undoubtedly know. 'Sam' makes a better pint, though I'm told.

Another of interest might be Jean-Francois Revel's "How Democracies Perish". I read this 15+ years ago. Time for a refresher I think.

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