Don't forget: We live during the least violent time in all of recorded human history. We have done this by abandoning tribalism and embracing the, cosmically speaking, very new ideas of compassion and empathy. What we are seeing are the death throws of an old morality, where honor and vengeance and the death you could inflict were how you judged ( Read more... )

How long has it been since you read it, or had it read to you? It can be inspirational.

Here's a copy: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

The last paragraph:

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united ( Read more... )