Pre-4th From Ronnie

"Somewhere in our growing up we began to be aware of the meaning of days and
with that awareness came the birth of patriotism. July Fourth is the
birthday of our nation. I believed as a boy, and believe even more today,
that it is the birthday of the greatest nation on earth... In recent years,
however, I've come to think of that day as more than just the birthday of a
nation. It also commemorates the only true philosophical revolution in all
history. Oh, there have been revolutions before and since ours. But those
revolutions simply exchanged one set of rules for another. Ours was a
revolution that changed the very concept of government. Let the Fourth of
July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was
decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is
only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its
own except those voluntarily granted to it by the people. We sometimes
forget that great truth, and we never should. Happy Fourth of July.

   -Ronald Reagan