Thomas Paine's version of "you didn't build that":
"Separate an individual from society,and give him an island or a continent to possess,and he cannot acquire personal property. He cannot be rich. So inseparably are the means connected with the end,in all cases,that where the former do not exist the latter cannot be obtained. All accumulation, therefore,of personal property,beyond what a man's own hands produce, is derived to him by living in society; and he owes on every principle of justice,of gratitude,and of civilization,a part of that accumulation back again to society from whence the whole came"
Submitted by Leah
The problem with that sentence is the ”freedom” part. It all started in 1593, when the Protestant “Separatists” emigrated to Holland from England for the chance to practice their religious preferences without interference. The only problem? Holland allowed too much religious freedom, giving free reign to Judaism and Catholicism and even atheism. It was too much for their pure Puritan hearts. So they jumped on the Mayflower and went looking for a new world.
A Vietnamese man is punched by a plainclothes American while trying to board the last helicopter from the roof of the American Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam, as communist tanks approached the area on April 30.
Khrushchev and Eisenhower meet for talks, the IRA officially disarms, and the railway line between Cape Town and George is opened. These and other events from this day in history.
