MY SAY: SUMMER SOLDIERS- SUNSHINE PATRIOTS
Two good columns today on the herd of generals against the President. They merit a quote from Thomas Paine ( b. January 29, 1737, England- died June 8, 1809 in Greenwich Village, N.Y.)
“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 his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.”
Thomas Paine meant –those who favor a convenient war that is fought quickly and with little or no personal discomfort–would have neither the heart nor fortitude to undergo and withstand what Paine envisioned was about to come.
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