Death Warrant of Freedom

"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

While out running errands today, I stopped in the post office and walked by the Declaration of Independence, as I'm sure everyone does. I wondered to myself; how many people walk by and never even think about the document? I stopped and read part of it and then looked at the names of the men who signed the letter to the King and once more realized they were signing their death warrant.

Had those men failed in their effort to succeed from the British Empire, they would have been hunted down and hung from the gallows.

The price of freedom is great.

Just a thought.