THE GIPPER 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, Ive 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
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