(Provided courtesy of the JFK Presidential Library as accessed at https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/historic-speeches/address-at-independence-hall) Governor Powell, Your Excellency the Archbishop, Governor Lawrence, Mayor Tate, Senator Clark, Congressman Green, distinguished Governors, ladies and gentlemen, citizens of Philadelphia: It is a high honor for any citizen of our great Republic to speak at this Hall
A Letter to Thrasybulus A Letter to Thrasybulus (Ed. Note: Thrasybulus was an Athenian military officer who hailed from a wealthy family. He was able to fund his own ship or trireme and he fought in the great Peloponnesian War. In 411 BCE, he lead the effort to foil an
Text of Radio Address – Prayer on D-Day, June 6, 1944: “My fellow Americans: Last night, when I spoke with you about the fall of Rome, I knew at that moment that troops of the United States and our allies were crossing the Channel in another and greater operation. It
Tyranny Targets PM Starmer Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and who has a criminal record spanning twenty years, was leading the protests called Unite the Kingdom in London on May 16. Nationalistic and anti-immigrant, Robinson/Yaxley-Lennon, with ties to Russia1, repeated the narratives given to him by the
Pope Leo XIV Reaffirms the American Order As Right Order Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is reaffirming the American Order which is right order. Essential to the American Order are four principles: primacy of the person, the existence of a community of nations, the centrality of the rule
The Disorder of Russian Lies: The Lust for Empire Causes War Russia Is An Evil Empire Today marks four years since Russia illegally and immorally invaded Ukraine. Eight years before then, Russia had illegally and immorally taken control of Crimea. Russia’s aggression violates a well-established tenet of the Law of
Pacem in Terris As the Blueprint for World Order – America the Model Recently Francis Fukuyama said in an interview that “for some people peace and prosperity is not enough and they want something more.”1 Fukuyama wrote The End of History and the Last Man which became a best seller
The Essence of Tyranny: And Its Antidote In a recent video clip on his Instagram channel, author Michael Wolff ruminated about the nature of autocracy. In one sense, he said, it is about rulings, dictates, or policies. But in another sense, it is about a personality. According to the AI
Pope Leo XIV in a post on X dated June 26, 2025, decried the current world situation. He tweeted: “It is disheartening today that the strength of international law and humanitarian law no longer seem binding, replaced by the presumed right to overpower others.” The Pope is a trained canon
In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and
Aggression by Penetration Peace is the result of right order which means that ideas must be in harmony with each other and understood and implemented in the right context. Disorder leads to problems, suffering and strife. Nationalism is one of the ideas that has been distorted – weaponized if you
America As Essential For the Community of Nations On April 25, 1945, fifty countries1 met in San Francisco, California commencing the United Nations Conference on International Organization. There were 850 delegates and with staff members the official delegations rose to around 3500 with an additional 2500 members of the press.2
