Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didnt pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected and handed on for them to do the same. <\/p>\n
President Ronald Reagan must have had a premonition that someday his quote would be needed. <\/p>\n
The movie Seven Days in May,\" although fictional, with a different plot, doesnt mean it cant happen in todays America. <\/p>\n
Already one current retired general has forgotten the principles for the founding of this great nation and the same reasons so many have fought and died for these freedoms. <\/p>\n
The movie has a great cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas and many other great actors. <\/p>\n
The only thing that protects us today is our Constitution, freedom of the press, honest lawyers and judges and honest justices of the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n
No other country in the world has these kinds of protections, but we have to be on our guard, night and day, or they could be lost. <\/p>\n
Gerald Newman, retired U.S. Navy, Valparaiso <\/p>\n
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