When the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, American colonists refused to submit.
John Hancock summed up the mindset of the day when he declared, โThe people of this country will never suffer themselves to be made slaves of by submission to the damned act.โ
The colonists didnโt submit. They refused to comply with the Stamp act and forced parliament to repeal it.
This is the kind of attitude that’s been missing for far too long.
Instead, people just throw up their hands and do what theyโre told when the federal government oversteps its bounds.
The result is predictable, as James Otis Jr. warned.
โSo long as people will submit to arbitrary measures, so long will they find masters.โ
Submission is the fastest road to total tyranny.
Michael Maharrey [send him email] is the Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center. He is from the original home of the Principles of '98 - Kentucky and currently resides in northern Florida. See his blog archive here and his article archive here.He is the author of the book, Our Last Hope: Rediscovering the Lost Path to Liberty., and Constitution Owner's Manual. You can visit his personal website at MichaelMaharrey.com and like him on Facebook HERE
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