Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.
Robert A. Heinlein
This is what we are mentioning at Orphans with monotonous regularity.
As I was writing this post I knew you would like it
Sometimes liberty must be defended to death, sadly
Yes sadly…
I just saw this relevant quote on one of my friends FB page:
If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary.
- Malcolm X -
Exquisitely beautiful detail. Love the softness..the color!
Thanks Marcie, I think my course had moved me up a little notch in my skills with the equipment
Liberty is not free.
Nothing is really free.
Everything comes with a price.
Liberty costs lives.
Lots of lives lost in war.
Sad but so very true…
You and I know that and my friends know that. It makes me wonder why the wars keep happening :-/
Why the continual unnecessary wars?
That’s a thing called “Greed”.
Guess what Greed likes to do?
Answer: Killing.
Greed kills!
Yes, I hadn’t thought about it like that before.
Sigh. Why does this have to be true!!!!
Sad isn’t it?