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Act Worthy of Yourselves: A New Year's Message

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered"

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Adam Johnston
Jan 01, 2026
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“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, “The American Crisis”

History is rarely a straight line of progress. More often, it unfolds as a series of recurring …

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