“If there be upon earth anything truly great, it is the resolute firmness of a people who march on, under the eye of God, to the conquest of those rights which they hold from Him, without flagging for a moment; who think not of their wounds, their days of toil and sleepless nights, and say, “What are all these? Justice and Liberty are well worthy of severer labors.” Such a people may be tried by misfortunes, by reverses, by treachery; nay, may even be sold by some Judas: but let nothing discourage them. For in truth I say unto you that when, like the Savior of the world, they shall go down into the tomb, like Him they shall come forth again, conquerors over death.
If there be on earth a people who think less of Justice and Liberty than the laborer does of his harvest, or the workman of his daily bread, or the merchant of his wealth – build around that people a high wall, that their breath may not infect the rest of the world.
And that people who, rising above the mere material good, have placed their affections on the True good; who, to obtain that True good, have spared no labor, no fatigue, no sacrifice, shall hear this Word: “For those who have a soul, there is the recompense of souls. Because thou hast loved Justice and Liberty before all things, come and possess forever Liberty and Justice.” – Robert Felicite de Lamennais (1782-1854), Justice and Liberty
“Insurrection is the flat, downright, and unqualified affirmation of interests to which those in charge of affairs have denied existence. It is a flash in the eyes of those who will not see; a blast in the ears of those who will not hear. Insurrection demonstrates beyond question the bankruptcy of oligarchic morality.” Ralph Barton Perry, The Moral Economy, 1909; 286 pages; p 143
Editor’s Note: Some day, when the Long War against the Left is won and peace is restored to the Nation, let a monument to the January 6th Minutemen and Women be placed among the honored of our country.
