>>7262434

THANK YOU, VERY MUCH.

PLEASE.. MAKE YOURSELVES COMFORTABLE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU SPEAKER COX.

IT IS A TRUE PRIVILEGE TO BE BACK IN THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.

AND IT IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO STAND ON THESE HISTORIC GROUNDS AS THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO ADDRESS A JOINT SESSION OF THE OLDEST LAW MAKING BODY IN ALL OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONGRATULATIONS.

On this day 400 years ago, here on the shores of the James River, the first representative, legislative assembly in the new world convened…by the devotion of generations of patriots, it has flourished throughout the ages, and now that PROUD tradition continues with ALL YOU OF YOU.

To every Virginian, to every legislator with us today, congratulations on 4 incredible centuries of history, heritage, and commitment to the righteous cause of American self government…

THIS IS TRULY A MOMENTOUS OCCASION.

I want to thank the governor of Virginia for inviting me to speak at this very important event, and with us this morning are many distinguished guests and officials… THANK YOU.

The fact is, that each of you has helped protect and preserve our national treasures here in Jamestown, what a debt, we owe you a great debt, thank you, what a job.

On this day in 1619, just a mile south of where we are gathered now, 22 newly elected members of the House of Burgesses assembled in a small wooden church.

They were adventurers and explorers, farmers and planters, soldiers, scholars and clergymen. All had struggled all had suffered, and all had sacrificed in persuit of one wild and very improbable dream… they called that dream, [VIRGINIA].

It had been only 13 years since 3 small ships, The Susan Constant, The Godspeed and The Discovery, set sail across a vast ocean.

They carried 104 settlers, to carve out a home on the edge of this uncharted continent, they came from GOD & COUNTRY, they came in search of opportunity and fortune, and they journeyed into the unknown with only meager supplies, long odds and the power of their christian faith. Upon reaching Cape Henry, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, 1607, a long time ago… the first men of the Virginia company erected a cross upon the shore, they gave thanks to GOD and they asked his blessing for their great undertaking. In the months and years ahead, they would dearly need it. The dangers were unperil. The Jamestown settlers arrived in America amid one of the worst droughts in over 7 centuries. Of 104, 66 died by the year’s end.

They left Jamestown deserted, they just sailed away never to come back.

But they had not gone far down the James River when they came to the answer of their prayers, ships baring a year’s worth of supplies, and more than 300 new settlers.

As we can see today on this great anniversary, it would not be the last time that GOD looked out for [Virginia].

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Together, the settlers forged what would become the timeless traits of the AMERICAN CHARACTER. They worked hard, they had courage in abundance, and a wealth of self reliance. They strive mightily to turn a profit, they experimented with producing silk, corn, tobacco, and the very first Virginia wines. At a prior settlement, there had been no survivors, none at all… but where others would typically perish, the Virginians were determined to succeed, they endured by the sweat of their labor, the aid of the indians and the leadership of Captain John Smith. As years passed, ships baring supplies and settlers from England also brought a culture and a way of life that would define the new world… it all began here.

In time, dozens of brave strong women made the journey and joined the colony, and in 1618 the Great Charter, and other reforms established a system based on English common law.

For the first time, Virginia allowed PRIVATE LAND OWNERSHIP, it created a basic judicial system, finally it gave the colonists a say in their own future, the right to elect representatives by popular vote.

WITH US TODAY IN TRIBUTE TO THAT,

FORMER CLERK OF THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS…

DAVID WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE YOU WITH US. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

At that first assembly, the weather was so hot, that one legislator actually died, mercifully the session was cut very short. But before adjourning, the assembly passed laws on taxation, agriculture and trade with the indians. With true American optimism, the assembly even endorsed a plan to build a world class university in the still rugged wilderness, it was a vision that would one day be fulfilled just miles away from here, at the college of William and Merrit, GREAT PLACE.

As we mark the first representative and legislature at Jamestown, our Nation also reflects upon an anniversary from that same summer 4 centuries ago.

In August 1619, the first enslaved African Americans in the English Colonies arrived in Virginia.

It was the beginning of a barbaric trade in human lives.

Today in honor, we remember every sacred soul who suffered the horrors of slavery and the anguish of bondage. More than 150 years later, at America’s founding, our Declaration of Independence recognized the immortal truth that ALL men are created EQUAL.

Yet it would ultimately take a civil war, 85 years after that document was signed to abolish the evil of slavery. It would take more than another century for our nation, in the words of Martin Luther King Jr, to “live out the true meaning of it’s creed and extend the blessings of freedom to ALL AMERICANS”.

In the face of grave oppression and grave injustice, African Americans have built, strengthened, inspired, uplifted, protected, defended and sustained our nation from it’s very earliest days.

Last year I was privileged to sign the law establishing a commission to commemorate the arrival of the first Africans into English colonies and the 400 years of African American history that have followed. That was an incredible day, that was an incredible event… today we are grateful to be joined by that commission's chairman Dr. Joseph Green.

In the decades that followed that first legislative assembly, the democratic tradition established here laid deep roots all across Virginia. It spread up and down the Atlantic coast.

One fact was quickly established for ALL TIME…

In America, we are not ruled from afar.

Americans govern ourselves, and so help us GOD we always will.

Right here in Virginia, your predecessors came to Williamsburg from places you all know very well, there were names such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Patrick Henry, George With, and Richard Henry Lee… incredible names. Incredible names.

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>>7262552

Self government in Virginia did not just give us a state we love, it gave us the country we love, United States of America.

When Madison drafted the first amendment to our constitution he drew inspiration from Virginia’s statute for Religious Freedom… As John Adams wrote in Philly just before the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, we all look up to Virginia for examples… and as Patrick Henry rose to speak his famous words @ St. John’s church in Richmond, he spoke in defence of a tradition that began more than 150 years before, at Jamestown.

It was a heritage, those patriots would fight a long war of independence to defend, it is a heritage that countless Americans have fought and died for to secure in all of those centuries since.

In our time, we must vigorously defend those cherished democratic that have made our beloved republic the envy of the entire world… and it still is, as much as ever before and maybe more.

Our hard won culture of self government must be nourished, protected, and constantly preserved, that is why we must speak out strongly against anyone who would take power away from citizens, individuals, and state governments such as yours.

In America, THE PEOPLE will forever rule.

THE PEOPLE will forever reign…

and THE PEOPLE will forever be sovereign.

From the first legislative assembly down to today, America has been the story of citizens who take ownership of their future and control of their destiny. That is what self rule is all about… Everyday Americans coming together to take action to build, to create, to seize opportunity, to pursue the common good, and to never stop striving for GREATNESS.

4 centuries ago, one early voyager in Jamestown captured the the spirit of confidence and daring that has always powered our great experiment of self government, he wrote:

“We hope to plant a nation, where none before have stood”

In that hope, the men and women of Jamestown achieved success beyond anything they could’ve possibly imagined. They started the nation that settled the wilderness, won our independence, tamed the wild west, ended slavery, secured civil rights, invented the airplane, vanquished the nazis, brought communism to it’s knees and placed our great American flag on the face of the moon.

And in a program that has just started, some day very soon, American astronauts will plant our beautiful stars and stripes on the surface of Mars.

But among all of America’s towering achievements, none exceeds the triumph that we are here to celebrate today:

“Our nation’s priceless culture of freedom, independence, equality and justice, self determination under GOD.”

That culture, is the source of who we are, it is our prized inheritance,it is our proudest legacy, it is among the greatest human accomplishments in the history of the world… and I congratulate you because it started RIGHT HERE.

Now we must go bravely into the future, just as those bold explorers first entered into this majestic land. We must call upon the same scale of imagination, the same thirst for knowledge, the same love of adventure, the same unrelenting courage and the same total determination to prevail. Above all, we must be proud of our heritage, united in our purpose and filled in confidence in our shared great great great American destiny.

In America no challenge is too great.

No journey is too tough. No task is too large, NO DREAM IS BEYOND OUR REACH.

When we set our sights on the summit, nothing can stand in our way…

America always get’s the job done.. America always wins!

That is why, after 400 years of glorious American democracy, we have returned to this place to declare to ALL OF THE WORLD… that the United States of America, and the great commonwealth of Virginia, are just getting started.

Our future is bigger, bolder, and brighter than ever before.

It has been a great honor for me to be with you this morning, I want to thank you…

GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS VIRGINIA AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.

>>7262631

dude. for real though.

we've put in right under their nose…

and these people are STILL running in circles wanting someone to 'ask the q?'

topkek

>these people are stupid

WITH LOVE ALWAYS.

your secret admirer,

q

>>7262741

you've missed… A LOT.

>>7262777

GOD BLESS YOU

>>7263145

yeh he's the guy that was trying to say DJT and I are communicating using gametria and mispelled tweets… the guy who can turn a simple meme into an intelligent math formula that confuses us all… what about him?

>>7263209

nope. word salad can make the smartest Qtard seem like a moron.

its complicated…

but it works like a charm!

cool story huh?