to bring to bear the principle of common sense and rational discussion to the issues of our day.

America was created a time of great turmoil, tremendous disagreements, anger, hatred.

It was a book written in 1776 that guided much of the discipline of thinking

that brought to us the discovery of our freedoms, of our God-given freedoms.

It was Thomas Payne's common sense written in 1776, one of the first American bestsellers

in which Thomas Payne explained by rational principles the reason why these small colonies

felt the necessity to separate from the kingdom of Great Britain and the King of England.

He explained their inherent desire for liberty, for freedom, freedom of religion, freedom of speech,

the ability to select the people who govern them, and he explained it in ways that were

understandable to all the people, not just the elite, because the desire for freedom is universal,

the desire for freedom adheres in the human mind and it is part of the human soul.

This is exactly the time we should consult our history. Look at what we've done in the past

and see if we can't use it to help us now. We understand that our founders created the

greatest country in history of the world. The greatest democracy of freeest country,

a country that has taken more people out of poverty than any country ever.

All of us are so fortunate to be Americans.

But a great deal of the reason for America's constant ability to self-improve

is because we're able to reason, we're able to talk, we're able to analyze,

we are able to apply our God-given common sense. So let's do it.

So

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