J. D. Pendry

I was searching for a quote that would help make the point that our votes on Election Day are not for a person or to be a participant in some media hyped historical achievement. Voting is also not some statement that preserves your self-proclaimed political virtue. Voting is a selfless act. Voting is something we do for our country. Voting is fulfilling our most important duty as citizens of the world’s freest nation. It is the most important thanks that we can offer to the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who have sacrificed from the beginning of our Nation’s history to the present day to ensure our right to choose our leaders. Please do not take this obligation lightly.

There were simply too many historical quotes from which to choose and too little space to discuss them all. Let the voices of history say to you better than I ever could that our votes are for America and whether it will survive as the nation it started out to be and became or whether it gets on the track failed nations have followed throughout history. As Governor Palin reminded us, “America is not the problem. America is the solution.” Just some thoughts to ponder as you pull the lever that will decide the direction of the world’s most blessed nation.

A vote for freedom unlike that experienced by any nation and the idea that America, as it now stands, is the world’s last great hope:

“For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.” – John Winthrop, founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630

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Contributed by J D on November 1, 2008 at 11:36 AM in J D Pendry | Permalink

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