SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: Old Blue on March 15, 2013, 09:49:15 AM
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I do not choose to be a common man.
It is my right to be uncommon . . . if I can.
I seek opportunity . . . not security.
I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humble and dulled by having the state look after me.
I want to take a calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and succeed.
I refuse to barter incentive for a dole; I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia.
I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.
It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself; to enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say, this I have done.
by Thomas Paine 1776 in his, "Common Sense"