"Our natural, inalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation from government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment."-- Ronald Reagan
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,,"They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~ Benjamin Franklin
"Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission?" ~ Patrick Henry’s “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death†speech, March 23, 1775
"Never doubt that a small group of committed, thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." ~ Margaret Mead, American anthropologist