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Speaking the Languageof Liberty:

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.


“The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it… and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind…that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions…”


• “the law of nature and of nature’s god”






• “self-evident truths”

• “all men are created equal”

• “Life, Liberty, and Property”

“Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion.”


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Word or Phrase that Best Describes “The American Dream”

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“Tea Party Patriots stands for every American, and is home to millions who have come together to pursue the American Dream and to keep that Dream alive for their children and grandchildren.”


“We envision a nation where personal freedom is cherished and where all Americans are treated equally, assuring our ability to pursue the American Dream.”


Fiscal Responsibility

Constitutionally Limited Government

Free Markets


PERSONAL FREEDOM

ECONOMIC FREEDOM

DEBT FREE FUTURE


PERSONAL FREEDOM“We support Personal Freedom so all Americans can live life the way they want as long as it does not harm others, or infringe on another’s rights.”


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Having the IRS use tax codes to limit the free speech of tax-exempt political organizations with a particular ideology.

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Economic Freedom“We stand for economic freedom which means a growing economy with reduced tax rates and reduced government spending so we all have a chance to earn more money and businesses can hire more people.”


Our economy isn't growing as fast as it should and not enough jobs are being created because our government is spending too much on the welfare state

and not enough to curb deficits and the debt, which limits economic freedom.

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When the government cuts spending it’s good for my family and the economy because we will have more money in our pockets and businesses will have

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Growing the economy: Cut Spending or Raise Taxes?

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A Debt Free Future“We support a debt free future because it is only fair and right to pay the debt we have incurred so our children and grandchildren are not stuck with our bills.”


If we don't tackle the problem of our national debt, our children and grandchildren will be faced with a crumbling economy that

will not offer good jobs or good opportunity.

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I would be willing to take a smaller percent (1% cut) in my government services if I knew that it would result in a balanced

federal budget in less than 10 years.

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We don't have a large debt because we tax too little. We have a large debt because we spend too much.

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Let the Government continue to increase the US National Debt which is already over $17 trillion, which means that every single American citizen's

share of the national debt today is more than $50,000.

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Pursue Your American Dream:A Message that Works


Speaking the Language of Liberty


“Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion.”


• Speak with both your heart and with your mind

• Immerse yourself in the Principles of Liberty

• Speak the language of Liberty, not the language of Captivity: Be Positive, Optimistic, and Forward thinking


Speak with both your heart and with your mind


Choose the right words:“…proper tone & spirit called for by the occasion.”


Replacing ObamaCare with a healthcare system that offers real choice and takes government out of the health care business.

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“I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”

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Speak the language of Liberty, not the language of Captivity: Be Positive, Optimistic, and Forward thinking


Liberty v. Captivity


• Selflessness• Positive• Optimistic• Forward thinking• Hopeful• Enlightening• Empowering• Enabling• Vision

• Motivating• Protecting• Maintaining• Perpetuating• Defending• Protecting • Informing• Uniting• Inclusive

Characteristics of Language of Liberty


• Contrarian• Contention• Destruction• Limiting• Oppressing• Fearful• Scary• Dooms Day

Characteristics of Language of Captivity

• Suppression• Subjugation• Attack (selfish)• Manipulate• Divide• War• Conflict


Liberty v. CaptivityFight

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• “We hold these truths…”

• “all men are created equal”

• “separate and equal station”

• “We the People”

• “Person…shall be eligible to the Office of President”


"If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it."


"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society, but the people themselves: and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is, not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. this is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power."


“The [involvement] of the people themselves on the side of government has had a great effect on the opinion here. I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may be led astray for a moment, but will soon correct themselves. The people are the only censors of their governors: and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution.


To punish these errors too severely would be to suppress the only safeguard of the public liberty. The way to prevent these irregular interpositions of the people is to give them full information of their affairs…

The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right;


Cherish therefore the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention.

Do not be too severe upon their errors, but reclaim them by enlightening them. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, judges and governors shall all become wolves.


“Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable...”

-John Adams


“I always consider the settlement of America with Reverence and Wonder--as the Opening of a grand scene and Design in Providence, for the Illumination of the Ignorant and the Emancipation of the slavish Part of Mankind all over the Earth”

-John Adams


Liberty v. CaptivitySecure Property


Liberty v. CaptivityPursues Happiness


“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

-Thomas Jefferson


“Is it not the glory of the people of America, that whilst they have paid a decent regard to the opinions of former times… they have not suffered a blind veneration for antiquity, for custom, or for names, to overrule the suggestions of their own good sense, the knowledge of their own situation, and the lessons of their own experience?”

-James Madison


• Speak with both your heart and with your mind

• Immerse yourself in the Principles of Liberty

• Speak the language of Liberty, not the language of Captivity: Be Positive, Optimistic, and Forward thinking


“Enlighten the people and tyranny and oppression will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.”

-Thomas Jefferson


Speaking the Languageof Liberty:

Presented by

Bill Norton


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Speaking the Language of Liberty - Amazon Web Services · • “the law of nature and of nature’s god” “The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it… and reason,