[I to-ot-ta-al-ly stole this from page 79 of the 19 May issue of Newsweek. Admittedly, the 19 May 1941 issue. Hmn. At an estate sale where some classic and real awesome stuff needed to be discarded to make way for some stylish and trendy awesome stuff, I stumbled across a pile of "worthless" magazines and just laughed and laughed when this page fell out--but then I read it, so had a moment of silent reflection. Enjoy...I guess.]
Why should God Bless America - if you won't?
Singing is easy. But it never won a battle. What you and I do today is determining whether or not we will be free men tomorrow. All the wishful thinking in the world can't change that fact.
Without knowing it, countless Americans are serving the foreign enemies of this country. Every time you or I raise a hand or speak a word to turn class against class, every time we fan a hatred, slow down production, waste a penny of materials or time--every time we do any of these we are firing a shot into the heart of America.
The hour has come when every moment counts - for your country or against it.
And let those who think they can "get theirs" by insisting on their rights even when that interferes with the greater rights of the nation - let them remember this - duped by foreign agents whether they know it or not, they are softening this country for conquest - they are selling their birthright of freedom for the most miserable mess of pottage and pottery anyone can imagine. Ask the belligerent workmen, politicians, managers of France who demanded their "rights" above their country's rights. Their reward is serfdom, hopeless despair, and starvation.
God helps those who help themselves. Let's work for America - when and ONLYwhen the nation which gives us liberty is safe, then will be time to think of ourselves.
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THE WARNER & SWASEY COMPANY
TURRET LATHES * CLEVELAND
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