<div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="auto">My wife Deborah publishes a weekly message that she sends to family and friends. I thought this week's version might be appropriate for Friam.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Deborah Wimberly</strong> <br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br>The Weekly Offering: As we anticipate the 4th of July, there is cause for concern about so many things.<div><br></div><div> Fireworks</div><div><br></div><div> The birth of our nation,</div><div> the golden idea,</div><div> now ravaged by myriad works of deceit</div><div> meant to unhinge the bravest among us.</div><div> Fireworks could be different this year.</div><div> The brilliant illusions might ignite</div><div> the eyes, the arms, the heart of a people</div><div> in defense of freedom's voice.</div><div> Deborah Wimberly</div><div><br></div><div>Here are some voices that have not been silenced despite the challenges they have faced.</div><div><br></div><div>"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."</div><div> Mark Twain</div><div><br></div><div>"The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous."</div><div> Frederick Douglass</div><div><br></div><div>"In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it."</div><div> Barack Obama</div><div><br></div><div>"I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his</div><div>freedom" Bob Dylan</div><div><br></div><div>"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."</div><div> Abraham Lincoln</div><div><br></div><div>"In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved."</div><div> Franklin D. Roosevelt</div><div><br></div><div>"The advance and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.</div><div> James Madison</div><div><br></div><div>"The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off."</div><div> Gloria Steinem</div><div><br></div><div>"I love America better than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to</div><div>criticize her perpetually." James Baldwin</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div>
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