The fight for freedom is an endless battle. Its victories are never final, its defeats are never permanent. Each generation must defend its heritage, for each seeming conquest gives rise to new forces that will attempt to substitute fresh means of oppression from the old. There can be no peace in a world of life and growth—every battle the fathers thought finished will have to be fought anew by their children if they wish to preserve and extend their freedom”. {NOTE; Written by Philip Van Doren Stern, from “The Drums of Morning” as published in the Oct. 1942 issue of Readers Digest, while the whole world waged a terrible war against oppression.

When I stumbled across it I thought it would be a fitting reminder, because nothing has changed. -Mark Shean- submitted 1-30-2010 www.mafirearmsafety.com   http://www.nagr.org/UNTreaty_Pledge1.aspx?pid=4b

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