Now the trumpet summons us again -- not as a call to bear arms, though
arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but
a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year
out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" -- a struggle against
the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)
arms we need -- not as a call to battle, though embattled we are -- but
a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle year in and year
out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation" -- a struggle against
the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)
Related:
- Rejoicing in hope,
patient in tribulation... - No free man shall ever be de-barred the use of arms.
The strongest reason for the people to retain their... - To be, or not to be: that is the question: whether 't is nobler in the mind
to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing... - We dare not tempt them with weakness. For only when our arms are sufficient
beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed."
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963), (from his Inaugural... - By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia',
the 'security' of the nation, and the right of each... - Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill,
that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet... - The right of the citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee
against arbitrary government,
one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears... - Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government,
no matter how popular and respected, is the right of... - We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe,
And still adore the hand that gives the blow.
John Pomfret (1667-1703) -- Verses to his Friend under...
