Giants indeed, JK, were America's founders. The Declaration of Independence is the purest reflection of their objective idealism, and the dedicated support of its signers is what made them giants:
"And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
Yesterday Rush Limbaugh read excerpts from a speech by his late father named, "The Americans who risked everything." (subscription site) You can listen to the excerpts he read, (about 5 minutes) including the moving story of one of the 56 signers of the Declaration, Abraham Clark of New Jersey, whom England forced to choose between his continued support of the Declaration and the lives of his two sons, captured officers in the Continental Army. He chose liberty.
Posted by JohnGalt at July 4, 2003 08:34 AM