To ensure that children are protected, the abuse and exploitation of children must be brought to light and those who violate children brought to justice.
The balm of life, a kind and faithful friend.
The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments.
Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on principles that will support the prosperity & union of the colonies. On the other we have struggled for liberty & made costly sacrifices at her shrine and there are still many among us who revere her name to much to relinquish (beyond a certain medium) the rights of man for the dignity of government.
The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation.
The waves have rolled upon me, the billows are repeatedly broken over me, yet I am not sunk down.
I have my fears. Yet, notwithstanding the complicated difficulties that rise before us, there is no receding; and I should blush if in any instance the weak passions of my sex should damp the fortitude, the patriotism, and the manly resolution of yours. May nothing ever check that glorious spirit of freedom which inspires the patriot in the cabinet, and the hero in the field, with courage to maintain their righteous cause, and to endeavor to transmit the claim to posterity, even if they must seal the rich conveyance to their children with their own blood.
Our world is moving at an ever-accelerating pace, and with the advent of social media, what happens in New York now can be reported across the globe 60 seconds later.
The most intractable problem today is not pollution or technology or war; but the lack of belief that the future is very much in the hands of the individual.
I'm a fatalist. I believe things happen for a reason, that you attract people and situations that are meant to fulfil your path.
With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that.