Just Saying…
We really enjoy watching movies……….. It would be great if Hollywood would stop complaining about their rough and unfair lives and just do their jobs as entertainers. You know, the jobs where they’re paid millions to make believe…
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1793-01-21 King Louis XVI Executed
This Day In History
On January 21, 1793, King Louis XVI is sent to the guillotine for treason.
The King of France was executed one day after he was convicted by the French National Convention of conspiracy with foreign powers.
Peace
“Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.”
-Benjamin Franklin
1783-01-20 Peace Agreement
This Day In History
On January 20, 1783, the British signed a peace agreement with Spain and France, who allied against Britain during the American Revolutionary War.
Experience Teaching Us
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
-George Washington
1981-01-19 Iran Hostage Crisis
This Day In History
On January 19, 1981 the Algiers Accords were signed and 52 American citizens were set free and able to leave Iran.
The Algiers Accords were agreements between the United States and Iran to resolve the Iran Hostage Crisis. The crisis arose from the takeover of the American embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979, and the taking of American hostages.
In Defense
“In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.”
-Thomas Jefferson
Preexisting
“The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to ‘create’ rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.”
-William J. Brennan, Jr.
1942-01-15 Register
This Day In History
On January 15, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders all aliens in the United States to REGISTER with the government. On February 19, 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the DEPORTATION and INCARCERATION of Japanese Americans with Executive Order 9066.
Bill of Rights
“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.”
-Thomas Jefferson
