“We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.” – William Faulkner

If it’s been a while since you read the Declaration of Independence, it might be time to read it again, particularly the list of grievances sent to King George III. “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these States. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…