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Honest History Is The Weapon Of Freedom.

Liberalism Regards All Absolutes With Profound Skepticism, Including Both Moral Imperatives And Final Solutions... Insistence Upon Any Particular Solution Is The Mark Of An Ideologue.

The Military Struggle May Frankly Be Regarded For What It Actually Was, Namely A War For Independence, An Armed Attempt To Imposethe Views Of The Revolutionists Upon The British Government And Large Sections Of The Colonial Population At Whatever Cost To Freedom Of Opinion Or The Sanctity Of Life And Property.

The Great Religious Ages Were Notable For Their Indifference To Human Rights... Not Only For Acquiescence In Poverty, Inequality, Exploitation And Oppression, But Also For Enthusiastic Justifications For Slavery, Persecution, Abandonment Of Small Children, Torture, And Genocide... Moreover, Religion Enshrined Hierarchy, Authority, And Inequality... It Was The Age Of Equality That Brought About The Disappearance Of Such Religious Appurtenances As The Auto-da-fe And Burning At The Stake.

Total Separation Of Church And State Was Considered The Best Safeguard For The Health Of Each. As [andrew] Jackson Explained, In Refusing To Name A Fast Day, He Feared To 'disturb The Security Which Religion Now Enjoys In This Country, In Its Complete Separation From The Political Concerns Of The General Government.'