Freedom had been hunted round the globe...

"Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." ~Excerpted from Rights of Man, Thomas Paine, 1791

I love this. That the irresistible nature of truth only wants the liberty of appearing. The not covering up truth, but giving it the liberty to appear free of the fear of it. Because the hiding of the truth keeps one from being able to reason. We always need to know the facts before we can move forward.

That's exactly what the progressives--this administration--is fighting against: letting the facts out of hiding, letting truth be judged for what it is, by those affected by the very same truth.. Everything it does is in secret, behind closed doors, or obfuscated in its methodology, ie., executive orders, and its personal mission to implement what IT thinks is good for us all--without, of course, sullying it with facts, truth, data, or public's wishes. That's the beauty of our founding documents. No one branch, if held to the country's tenets, can run off on its own agenda. It's only slightly comforting to know how long civilization has been struggling with this and to know that eventually truth will out.

About The Rights Of Man: "....In England The Rights of Man encountered a response like no other in English publishing history. The poor pooled their pennies, supplementing it with meager savings to buy the book. The Rights of Man became an underground manifesto, passed from hand to hand, even when it became a crime to be found with it in one's possession.

The book became a bible to thousands of citizens who dreamed of a free England. Time after time, when men were tried for treason, invariably the Crown offered as evidence to the jury the fact that these men possessed a copy of The Rights of Man.

Outlawed for treason, Paine fled to France in 1792, never to return to England again.

And what of the revolution that Paine had started in England? Three generations would pass before even a small part of the things Paine pleaded for in his book would see fruition. Observed biographer Howard Fast:

"Yet one cannot say that the book had no effect. It shook the government; it set thousands of people to thinking. It stirred the currents in what had been placid water, and once stirred, those currents never stilled themselves. And not only in England, but everywhere men longed for freedom, Rights of Man became an inspiration and a hope...." Read more... If you have a Facebook account, look up http://www.facebook.com/Refounders