“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.
Love the movie 1776. And the lines quoted are great. Yet we are faithful Catholics first last and always. We have no higher loyalty than to Christ our sovereign Lord Savior and King. It’s our highest duty to make sure everyone understands that. He is the Alpha and the Omega. Other loyalties fall somewhere in between.
We must be always careful to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar and unto God the things that are God’s. Christ created at that moment the division of Church and State:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/avbsPEVGzfA
Which is why integration becomes more important and why we shouldn’t allow communities to self-segregate and maintain whatever culture they brought here. If you want to fly the flag of some foreign country that you came in a protest, do it at home. If you don’t want to integrate into the American culture, at least to some degree, maybe you should just stay home rather than dictating to us whether or not we can have a dog.