a war that began many years ago
when men believed
they could dominate other men,
controlling them through fear and intimidation,
a war that gained momentum with an idea
planted over 200 years ago;
that liberty is sometimes better
than life,
that there are some things worth dying for,
that freedom at any cost is sometimes better
than life under the rule of others;
that all men are created equal.
A war given a face
by a nation of farmers and merchants
who defeated the most powerful empire in the world,
a war reinforced
by a terrible and bloody civil conflict
fought on the principle that economic gain
does not justify the enslavement of other men;
against the only enemy capable of defeating
her vast and mighty power;
against herself.
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