Sometimes History Takes Things Into Its Own

None Of Us Got Where We Are Solely By Pulling Ourselves Up By Our Bootstraps.

Some May More Quietly Commemorate The Suffering, Struggle, And Sacrifice That Has Triumphed Over Much Of What Was Wrong With The Original Document, And Observe The Anniversary With Hopes Not Realized And Promises Not Fulfilled. I Plan To Celebrate The Bicentennial Of The Constitution As A Living Document, Including The Bill Of Rights And The Other Amendments Protecting Individual Freedoms And Human Rights.

We Must Dissent From The Indifference. We Must Dissent From The Apathy. We Must Dissent From The Fear, The Hatred And The Mistrust. We Must Dissent From A Nation That Has Buried Its Head In The Sand, Waiting In Vain For The Needs Of Its Poor, Its Elderly, And Its Sick To Disappear And Just Blow Away. We Must Dissent From A Government That Has Left Its Young Without Jobs, Education Or Hope. We Must Dissent From The Poverty Of Vision And The Absence Of Moral Leadership. We Must Dissent Because America Can Do Better, Because America Has No Choice But To Do Better.

I'm The World's Original Gradualist. I Just Think Ninety-odd Years Is Gradual Enough.

To The Contrary, The Government They Devised Was Defective From The Start, Requiring Several Amendments, A Civil War And Momentous Social Transformation To Attain The System Of Constitutional Government, And Its Respect For The Individual Freedoms And Human Rights, We Hold As Fundamental Today.