[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27535]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     UNWAVERING RESOLVE FOR FREEDOM

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, when the American Revolution arrived, Thomas 
Paine published these words in ``The Crisis.'' In 1776 he talked about 
the Americans who go to war, the causes for which they fight, the 
conditions under which they wage war. He exhorted the soldiers and all 
Americans with these words: ``These are the times that try men's souls: 
the summer soldier, the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink 
from the service of this country. But he that stands it now deserves 
the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily 
conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the 
conflict the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we 
esteem too lightly. Heaven knows how to set a proper price on its 
goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as 
freedom should not be highly rated.''
  So to America, we must have this unwavering resolve to finish the 
task before us. And to our troops, stand firm. Stand tall. Stand for 
freedom. Because we over here support you over there. And come home 
victorious for freedom when it's over over there. That's just the way 
it is.

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