“We’ve spawned a new race here Mr. Dickenson, rougher, simpler, more violent, more enterprising, less refined. We’re a new nationality. We require a new nation.”
Character of Benjamin Franklin. From the Movie 1776 (1772)
Thought for the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
+1 automatically for any 1776 reference.
But to the point, I am one of those “American mutts” but I love that we are able to look past that and treat one another as fellow Americans. We don’t always succeed of course, but the basis is there.
When you stubbornly try to hold on to the ways of the Old World while establishing order in the New World, you know what you get? Canada.