A standard to live up to
Oct. 31st, 2008 03:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularThought of the day, with so much divisiveness in the air:
"...It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent national gifts. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support...."
-G. Washington, 1790
We've fallen short on many occasions. Sometimes badly. But it's a standard to live up to, no?
"To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance."
People forget that. And they call people who remember it un-American.
Take it up with George.
"...It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent national gifts. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support...."
-G. Washington, 1790
We've fallen short on many occasions. Sometimes badly. But it's a standard to live up to, no?
"To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance."
People forget that. And they call people who remember it un-American.
Take it up with George.
