A tribute to all men and women who attempted to rescue and help those in need.

A Tribute to all of the men and women who are trying to make our country a safer place to live in.

Cause And Effect

"For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction."
 ~Newton's Third Law~

The events of September 11, 2001 will resonate through history as one of the most unspeakable acts of evil this generation has ever witnessed. The authors of this atrocity strove, through their actions, to humble and isolate a nation; what they wound up doing is uniting a world. 

The darkness that visited our doorstep Tuesday reflects the undeniable reality of just how much has changed for all of us, yet through the tragedy of this day, a light flickers anew in the world that has been solemnly dimmed for far too long. It is the light of humanity united in recognition of our commonality as citizens of this world. It illuminates a simple truth that most of us share; that we all want to be able to provide for our families, to feel safe, to contribute, to learn, to live, to worship, to be. For far too long we've been divided by petty politics and imaginary boundaries that keep us isolated and separated from a true understanding of one another. As witnessed by the outpouring of concern, support, and expressions of unity pouring out from around the globe, this separation, hopefully, is beginning to cease

We are at a critical place in history; one that will forever determine how future generations look back and remember. The question is, what message will future generations receive? Will they look back and see only the evil perpetuated upon a people, or will they look back and see a people with a resilient spirit and the indomitable will to triumph over evil. 

We face, as a global nation, the greatest fight we may ever experience together, the fight for peace and freedom - not for some, but for all of us. The reality is that the price for achieving this freedom will not come easily or without significant sacrifice. It is a hard truth to swallow in understanding that sometimes peace is found only on the other side of war. Most of us from this generation have lived a life knowing only peaceful coexistence rather than destructive terrorism and have never had to make that sacrifice for peace. Those who passed before us understood the cost of freedom, and those who are preparing to embrace freedom's fight are learning it now all too well 

My hope and my prayer, as we face a tumultuous path ahead, is that we nurture and tend to the spirit of unity born under this, the direst of circumstances, and that we rise up together in support of those men and women who are willing to sacrifice in the name of peace and freedom. Within the span of hours, we witnessed the worst and the best of the human spirit as the events in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania unfolded. Evil came knocking on our door; what it found was the undeniable spirit of a people who refuse to surrender quietly. May God bless us all.

~Author unknown To Me~

Words from a few of this countries founding fathers

Let every nation know, 
that we shall pay any price,
bear any burden, 
meet any hardship, 
support any friend, 
oppose any foe, 
to assure the survival and
success of liberty. 
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy~
35th president of the United States of America

Alexander Hamilton: "The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature by the hand of the Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power." 

George Washington: "I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man."

Thomas Payne "These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in the crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything it's value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price on it's goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." 

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Samuel Adams: 
"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution, are worth defending at all hazards."