The Historian

  “The man who is right is a majority. He who has God and conscience on his side, has a majority against the universe.” ―  Frederick Douglass The revolutionary war fought from 1775-1783 was not simply a war to end British tyranny and unjust taxation. It was a war for freedom of conscience—freedom to make choices and face the outcomes of those choices both good and bad. In fact, a republic cannot stand without freedom of conscience. It can withstand taxation, it can even endure some level of tyranny, but without the freedom to choose and believe? No. It ceases to exist entirely. The basic fundamental function of each individual in a republic is the function of making decisions. The freedom to choose is a deeply American concept rooted in the spirit of 1776. In fact, without the ability to choose, without the value of free will, each individual loses his/her ability to activate conscience—to act in accordance with what is good, pure, virtuous, and right. To act counter to th...