Second American Revolution? (p296-p297)

(Setting:  Jefferson explains to Townsend that another revolution is possible, because people are realizing the time has come to separate from gods and kings).

Freeman struggled to understand Jefferson's coy response. As he wallowed sluggishly in confusion, his mind resurrected the disturbing apparition that haunted him on the Juggernaut. "Were you passing out guns and ammunition to the rebels attacking the Juggernaut between Lexington and Concord?" he asked bluntly.

Jefferson stared at him coldly. "That isn’t important. When future historians assess the apocalyptic conflict about to occur on earth, they will little note whether I was passing out weapons during a budding revolution. My fame was etched forever on the indelible tablets of history when I authored the declaration in Philadelphia to serve as the rallying cry for those who believe that man’s proper state is to be neither oppressor nor oppressed, but simply free. That declaration will inspire the victorious army during the coming final showdown between master and slave, between monarch and subject, between baron and serf, and between priest and postulant.

"As human civilization evolves, it is no longer meaningful to argue whether a pharaoh, an emperor, a priest, a king, a chief, a dictator, a comrade, or a senator will hold the key to mankind’s chains. It is time to shed the chains altogether. Likewise, it is no longer important to argue whether we will kneel in submission to the god of the Christians, the Muslims, the Buddhists, the Hindus, or the Jews. It is time to rise above cosmic mysticism. And, it is no longer important to argue whether we will bind ourselves to Ismism, Communism, Monarchism, Socialism, Feudalism, or Democracy. It is time to burst our bondage to these secular mythologies.

"Worry not about me. It’s far more imperative that you examine your own soul and choose which side you will march with during the coming Second American Revolution. You can’t escape the choice. Neutrality isn’t an option. Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue, to use the words Goldwater borrowed from Cicero, my alter ego in purgatory."