It seems to be a perennial condition for the United States, with our experiment in liberty, limited government, and equality before the law. Times that try men’s souls, so evocatively described by Thomas Paine in 1776, recur with us.
These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
I submit that this is not because America is worse than other countries, as the modern Left’s agenda would too often have it, but because our experiment is better. When we say “liberty,” we really mean liberty. Continue reading “These are the times that try men’s souls”